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English Through The Story

Lesson 5 Outline: Plague of Hail Story


(Exodus 9:13-27)

Students will be able to…


• Listen to a song and describe how the music and lyrics made them feel.

• Use during-listening skills to make predictions about a story as they hear it.
• Correctly use many or much when talking about countable or uncountable
things.
Intro Activity: Country Name Association
Write the word “Egypt” on the board. Let students translate if necessary. Ask what
this country name makes them think of. Write down their answers on board.

Activity #1: Review & Connect


• Show photo of Egypt map and ancient Egypt. Connect the Abraham story to
the Israelites in Egypt (using the Connecting the Dots page if necessary).
• Explain that the next story will take place in ancient Egypt among the
Israelites. However, we will listen to a song first.

Activity #2: Deliver Us Song


• Tell students that for the first activity, you will play a song. They just need to
sit back, listen, and think about how this song makes them feel. Play the
song.
• After song finishes, have them write down a few felt emotions. Then hand out
lyric sheets. Have them listen to song a second time.
• Ask if lyrics helped to bring about understanding. Have a few students try
and guess what the song might be about. Finally, play the music video clip
for them.
• After the video clip, group students into 3s and have them answer the
questions:
1. Did they understand what was happening in the song?
• If yes, what?
• If no, what questions do they have?
2. Did they like the music? Why or why not?
3. Did they like the lyrics? Why or why not?
4. How did it make them feel?
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Activity #3: Connection & New Vocabulary


• Explain that the baby in the story grew up to be Moses. Briefly explain how
he grew up as an Egyptian prince, discovered that he was an Israelite, killed a
man, fled to the wilderness, and many years later was called by God to return
to Egypt to free the Israelite slaves.

• Explain new vocabulary for today’s story.

Activity #4: Listening to the Story


• Group students into pairs. Explain to students the process of stopping to
make predictions.
• Read the story to the students
• At the marked intervals, pause the story and ask students to make
predictions. In pairs, have students discuss their predictions and write down
in notebooks. Then start story again. Do this until the story is finished.

Activity #5: Checking Predictions


After the story is finished, put pairs together with other pairs (groups of 4). Have
them discuss the following questions.
1. What predictions made during the story were correct?
2. What in the story surprised you?
3. If someone else were listening to this story, what questions might they have
about the story?

Activity #6: Many vs. Much (Natural Disasters)


• Explain the rules for much vs. many. Give examples of countable vs.
uncountable things. Provide a few sample sentences on the board. Ask
students to throw out a few samples as well.
• Spread out photos of natural disasters. Have students come and pick the one
that they think is the worst.
• Have them write a few sentences describing the natural disaster and why
they think it is the worst. Tell them they must include much or many at least 4
times. Give them a short example if necessary.
• After students finish writing, group them into groups of 3-4. Have them share
their response with group mates. Tell group mates to listen for and correct
the use of much or many.

Activity #7: Retelling the Story


• Regroup students into two groups. In each group, have students recreate the
Plague of Hail story. Have them prepare to tell the story to the other group.
The story should be divided up evenly and each student in the group must
speak.
• After groups prep, explain that the listening group must make notes of
details the other group either added or missed.
• Have group #1 share story.
• After story, have group #2 share their story.
• Finally, ask each group what details were either added or missed in the
group's retellings. Write them down on board.
• Read story one more time to compare.

Question Time:
- Leave a few minutes before the end of class to address any questions that
students might have.

Contingency: What Would You Do?


Group students into groups of 3-4. Ask them to think about today's story and think
about what they would do if they were in the Egyptian officials' situation. If they had
been warned of a coming disaster, would they listen? What would they do?

Extra Questions:
1. God gave Pharaoh a warning to change before sending the disaster. Should
Pharaoh have listened? Why or why not?
2. What did you learn about God in this story?
3. What did you learn about mankind in this story?
4. When was a time that you received a warning? Did you listen? Why or why not?
Teacher Notes:

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