Today you will need to use your imagination.....

Today you will need to use your imagination.....

TODAY • We are going to use our imagination

to create our own parables using everyday objects

• To help promote a moral message using our parables

What do you think is the story behind each of these pictures?

Here is a parable involving the following objects

• A armchair• A book• Some cookies • An aeroplane

A young lady waitsA young lady waits for her

flight

She buys cookies

She sits in an armchair

A man sits beside her

The Cookies

when only one cookie remained, she thought:

"ah... What is this abusive man going to do now?"

Then, the man, taking the last cookie, divided it into half, giving her one half.

Imagination task• You will now create your own

parable involving three different items

• You will choose your own four items to include

• You parable can be any story you want but must include a moral message

• The parable must be at least a page long

What level are you working at?

• Level 1- Your parable has a basic story line and shows you understand what a parable is

• Level 2- Your parable expresses your own ideas well and has a clear message

• Level 3- Your parable is imaginative and shows original ideas. It has a very clear moral message that demonstrates your knowledge of parables

• Level 4/5-Your parable meets all level 3 criteria and is compared or linked to the parables of Jesus