1. Before we Begin
What can we do to be successful because we only have a few weeks until break?

2. Bell Work
What do you know/remember about Advent?

3. Advent K W L

4. Advent

5. What is Advent?

6. What is Advent? Advent -Beginning of our yr.
Church’s New Year’s Day
Advent def.= “arrival/coming”
Preparing for the celebration of Jesus’ birth
Period lasting 4 Sundays (not weeks!)
Begins on Nov. 30 or Sunday nearest to it
2017= Dec. 3rd (This coming Sunday)

7. Advent
How do we prepare for the coming of Jesus?

8. Advent Preparation

9. Symbols of Advent Advent Wreath Advent Candles of the wreath
Symbol-Light into the world is clear
Represents God’s eternity & endless mercy w/no end
Green wreath-represents hopes we have in Savior
Advent Candles of the wreath
The Candle of HOPE
The Candle of PEACE or PREPARE
The Candle of JOY (Pink)
The Candle of LOVE
The Candle of CHRIST (White)

10. Why is hope represented during Advent?

11. Why would we have to prepare for Jesus to come?

12. Joy is discussed during Advent, why?

13. How does love relate to the season of Advent?

14. Symbols of Advent Why is hope a word we use to describe Advent?
Why would we have to prepare for Jesus to come?
Joy is discussed during Advent, why?
How does love relate to the season of Advent?

15. Advent Candles The Candle of HOPE-Prayers focused on hope
Represents we are hopeful in our Savior
Represents patriarchs of Abraham & David
The Candle of PREPARE or PEACE
Reminds us that the Savior would be born
The Candle of JOY
Represents the joy of the shepherds when they were told the news
Represents Mary’s joy when she was told she would have a special baby

16. Advent Candles The Candle of LOVE The Candle of CHRIST
Represents the love God had for all of us
Represents John the Baptist who baptised Jesus Christ
The Candle of CHRIST
Represents the birth of Jesus on Christmas day

17. Your Task
To create a project in which you could teach Advent to someone else.
The person could be a peer or a younger student who is learning about Advent for the first time
You have your choice of how to present the material
Be creative
If you could teach this in anyway how would you do it?
You have to also come up with a way to check for understanding that the students learned what they were supposed to.
This should be a well thought out
You should clearly be able to see if the students learned what you wanted them to

18. Rubric
10 points- Create a way in which to teach your students about Advent
10 points- Create a way to check for understanding that the student learned what they were supposed to learn
10 points- Correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling
5 points- Project is done on time