Year 8 RE at STM

This homework is to be handed in on Tuesday 15 September.

Complete the front cover for the Creation unit of work.

This front cover should include the aims, which you have copied in class, and should also include words and pictures which should be coloured in. Some of you have already started and are making good progress. The pictures should be on the theme of Creation, so could include images of the world, stars, hands, a brain, Biblical ideas of creation, images of Creation from other religions, images to do with how we should look after the environment … Anything which illustrates the idea of Creation.

Creation

By the end of this unit, I will know:

* What are religious and scientific truths?
* What are the stories of Creation?
* How is God creator and sustainer?
* What does it mean to be created in the image of God?
* What is free will?
* How should we treat the environment?

Homework due on Monday 30 June.

Complete the second Hinduism homework sheet given out in class.

Homework due on Monday 23 June.

Complete the Hinduism worksheet given to you in class today.

Homework is due on Monday 11 May.

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There are many troubles facing the world today – bullying, abuse of alcohol and drugs, global warming, making unhealthy choices, crime, prejudice, poverty – and, as in Old Testament times, perhaps God might be sending prophets to warn us of these dangers and to tell us how to live.

If God were to call you to be a modern day prophet, what message do you think he would want you to share?

How might you get that message across to the people?

Your homework is to get across the message that God might want to pass on to people today. Think about your audience – is the message for people at school, or for people in London, UK or the world? Is the message for young people or for adults?

Will your message be a comment on this blog? Or will you write your own “blog post”, which you can hand in to me at school? Or will you make a video that could be posted on the internet? Or make posters that we could stick up round the school? Or write a letter to the school council, or to a local (or national) newspaper? The choice is yours!

(If you type up your work and send it to me – see me for my school email – then I could post it here in future!)

I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Since we have missed a few lessons recently, I did not set homework last week. I look forward to receiving excellent homework this week! Remember, when no specific homework is set, you can look through this blog and complete some of the tasks set that you have not completed yet, and visit some of the websites. There is always more to learn!

Homework due on Monday 28 April.

This week we will be completing your assessment for the unit, The Paschal Mystery. However, your homework is to prepare for this half term’s new unit, The Prophetic Role of the Church, by producing the front page for this unit, using key words and pictures. Read the aims below to give you ideas for your cover. (Note: Be aware that the links given below may be biased, or may include mistakes. They are only meant as a starting point for any research you do, and I will give more links later in the term at the appropriate times.)

By the end of the unit we will know:
• What is God’s message proclaimed by the Prophets?
• How does Jesus fulfil the Old Testament prophecies?
• What is it like to be a follower of Jesus today?
• How was John Paul II an example of a Modern Day Prophet?
• How was Mother Teresa an example of a Modern Day Prophet?
• How was Jean Vanier an example of a Modern Day Prophet?
• How was Dorothy Day an example of a Modern Day Prophet?
• How was Archbishop Oscar Romero an example of a Modern Day Prophet?

Homework due on Monday 21 April.

Read Luke 23:1-6.

Answer the following questions:
1. What were the four crimes that the authorities accused Jesus of?
2. Make a list of the any examples in the life of Jesus when he did something that could be considered one of these crimes.
3. Write down your reasons for either agreeing with or disagreeing with each of the accusations.
4. Write down your verdict next to each accusation: Guilty or Not Guilty.

Homework due on Monday 31 March.

Finish the worksheet on the Resurrection.

Click here to download the Resurrection worksheet.

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Homework is due on Tuesday 25 March.

I am looking forward to seeing your creative, artistic imaginative responses to the images of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane that we have seen in class.

I expect you to produce a painting or drawing of Jesus in the Garden, but if you feel moved to produce a poem or piece of music, those will be great as well. Be creative!