Mentor's Manual

Sec t i on IV: Under s tand i ng the Mechan i cs of Cl as s I ns t ruc t i on 105

D. Things to remember as you teach the Contact section you have created

1. Employ the stories, comments, and questions in the Contact section to “prime the pump” of your students’ curiosities as you prepare to engage the biblical content of your module’s lesson. 2. Be careful to manage your time well while teaching the Contact section. Designed to provoke response and challenge students to engage each other on topics of contemporary importance, the Contact section can quickly consume a large portion of your teaching time! Be wise in how you allocate your time as you discuss the stories, and make the transition to playing the first video lesson segment for the students.

E. Three useful questions for evaluating the Contact section you have created are:

1. Is it creative and interesting?

2. Does it take into account the needs and interests of this particular group?

3. Does it focus people toward the lesson content and arouse their interest in it?

IV. Preparing and Facilitating the Content Section

Leading a Capstone or

A. Orient your students to the material they will engage in the Content session.

Foundations Class Session

1. Prepare the students to review the content of your module’s lesson by viewing the video teaching together.

2. After teaching the Contact section (including the transition statement), play the video segment for the students, or listen to your designated audio segment. (For Capstone , each lesson has two video teaching segments of approximately 25 minutes in length; for Foundations courses, audio segments tend to be 50