OP-Siena School System Religion Learning Plan

Dominican School of Pilar, Inc.

Binanuahan, Pilar, Sorsogon
AY: 2023- 2024
CL/VE 10

Subject Grade Level Grading Period Inclusive Dates

CL/VE Grade 10 1st 2nd 3rd 4th November 13-14, 2023

Teacher Mr. Jose Dizon S. Solomon, LPT, MACDDS

Module/Topic UNIT I: God's Plan of Love for Humankind
LESSON 4: God's Plan and the Human Person
Week no. /Duration Wk 12-13 120 minutes
Instructional Materials Aflame with God’s Love Grade 10

Overview (Introduction)
 We are created in God's own image and likeness and the greatest among
all His creations.
 The human person's dignity is rooted in his or her being created in God's
image and likeness.
 We are gifted by God with a will that empowers us to choose the good.
We are given God's grace through the sacraments that gives us the
power to overcome our weaknesses.
 We are given freedom from God.
 The true purpose of our being is to be happy with God in heaven

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Proclamation of the Word (Gospel of the Day /Seeing God’s message in
the Scriptures)
Psalm 5:8-9

Sources (References, Bible, Vatican II Documents, CCC, CFC, Church’s

Teachings, Encyclicals, Pastoral Letters)

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Throughout the course of the centuries, men have labored to better the
circumstances of their lives through a monumental amount of individual and
collective effort. To believers, this point is settled: considered in itself, this
human activity accords with God's will. For man, created to God's image,
received a mandate to subject to himself the earth and all it contains, and to
govern the world with justice and holiness;(1) a mandate to relate himself and
the totality of things to Him Who was to be acknowledged as the Lord and
Creator of all. Thus, by the subjection of all things to man, the name of God
would be wonderful in all the earth.(2)

This mandate concerns the whole of everyday activity as well. For while
providing the substance of life for themselves and their families, men and
women are performing their activities in a way which appropriately benefits
society. They can justly consider that by their labor they are unfolding the
Creator's work, consulting the advantages of their brother men, and are
contributing by their personal industry to the realization in history of the divine
plan.(3)

Thus, far from thinking that works produced by man's own talent and energy are
in opposition to God's power, and that the rational creature exists as a kind of
rival to the Creator, Christians are convinced that the triumphs of the human
race are a sign of God's grace and the flowering of His own mysterious design.
For the greater man's power becomes, the farther his individual and community
responsibility extends. Hence it is clear that men are not deterred by the
Christian message from building up the world, or impelled to neglect the
welfare of their fellows, but that they are rather more stringently bound to do
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 these very things.(4)

In Quest of Truth (Passion for Truth)

Christian Message: Learning Targets:

The lesson is ordered to enable the students to:
Doctrine: Explain man as created in God’s
image and likeness and his nature as social
being  I can explain man as created in God’s image and
likeness and his nature as social being
 I can point out ways of showing respect for
Moral: Point out ways of showing respect every person and care for everything that God
for every person and care for everything that entrusted to us.
God entrusted to us.
 I can celebrate the grandeur of God’s creation
and give thanks for the abundance of His gifts.
Worship: Celebrate the grandeur of God’s
creation and give thanks for the abundance of
His gifts.

Pray for praise and thanksgiving to God for

His divine providence.
Learner’s Attributes: Integration of Values:
Show willingness to live by the Creation Practice values of compassion and service to others
truths in everyday life such as: worship and
gratitude to God as our Creator, trust in His
divine providence, Respect for all created GA: Servant Leader
things, Respect for the dignity of the person,
being responsible steward of the earth, etc.
God - Centered (the students will worship God and pray
to the Blessed Mother to become faithful disciple of
OP-Siena Consensus Map God)

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 Servant Leader (the students will be able to fulfill his/
her mission as member of the Church).

Explore

Opening Prayer and Invocation

Animation/ Icebreaker https://youtu.be/ycC0xV4r9E0

Experience: (Daily Life Experience, Seeing God’s Message in my Life)

Examine the poem and answer the following questions (pg. 30-31)

No Man Is an Island
by john donne

No man is an island, Entire of itself;

Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were:
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were.
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.

Guide Question Answers

1. The poet indicates that no man can live by himself. Every person needs

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 another in order to live. We are all dependent with one another.
2. Based from the poem, the poet stated that “every man is a piece of the
continent” and “ any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved
in mankind” supporting his claim that no man is an island.
3. Answers may vary. (Yes. In my opinion, the poet's views are essential to
every person in order to live and love. It teaches us to do good things
with one another to maintain a harmonious relationship among people.)
4. The poet means that although bell announcing a death is near, it is not
only for those who died but to remind us that we are part of mankind.
5. Answers may vary. (A human person is dependent. He or she depends on
each other to enjoy life, live peacefully, and share His teachings in the
world.)

Firm-up

Exposition: (Discover God’s Word, Seeing God’s Message in Scriptures,

Seeking God’s Message in the Teaching, Integrating God’s Message in my
Life, Discussion, Explore, Valuing, Deepening, Integration, Our Response
Transfer)

Discovering God’s Word

Read the bible passage Psalm 8:5-9 and answer the following questions (p. 22).
1. God crowned human persons with glory and honor and have given them
rule over the works of His hands.
2. Answers may vary. (Yes. God made human persons in His image and
likeness, to rule other creatures in the earth. He made human persons
little of Himself or almost equal.)
3. This means that God has given human persons rule over the other works
of Him by taking care of them.
4. God crowned humans with glory and honor to take care and look after the
other works of God.
5. The Psalm showed that humans are capable of making changes to other
works of God. Humans are capable of making decisions for what are
good for the world. God made humans in His image and likeness to take
care of the other creatures He created.

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Deepen

Seeing God’s Message in the teachings of the Church

GS 34
Throughout the course of the centuries, men have labored to better the
circumstances of their lives through a monumental amount of individual and
collective effort. To believers, this point is settled: considered in itself, this
human activity accords with God's will. For man, created to God's image,
received a mandate to subject to himself the earth and all it contains, and to
govern the world with justice and holiness;(1) a mandate to relate himself and the
totality of things to Him Who was to be acknowledged as the Lord and Creator
of all. Thus, by the subjection of all things to man, the name of God would be
wonderful in all the earth.(2)

This mandate concerns the whole of everyday activity as well. For while
providing the substance of life for themselves and their families, men and women
are performing their activities in a way which appropriately benefits society.
They can justly consider that by their labor they are unfolding the Creator's work,
consulting the advantages of their brother men, and are contributing by their
personal industry to the realization in history of the divine plan.(3)

Thus, far from thinking that works produced by man's own talent and energy are
in opposition to God's power, and that the rational creature exists as a kind of
rival to the Creator, Christians are convinced that the triumphs of the human race
are a sign of God's grace and the flowering of His own mysterious design. For
the greater man's power becomes, the farther his individual and community
responsibility extends. Hence it is clear that men are not deterred by the Christian
message from building up the world, or impelled to neglect the welfare of their
fellows, but that they are rather more stringently bound to do these very things.
(4)

Integrating God’s Message in my life

 The classic poem at the beginning of the lesson describes the human
person as someone who cannot live alone. It emphasizes the

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 connectedness or dependence of human persons on one another.
 Psalm 8 further presents the characteristics of human persons as a
creation of God. It captures in a poetic way the description of human
persons found in the Book of Genesis.
 The human person is the crowning glory of God’s creation; we are
special. God makes us rulers of His creation, and by “rulers,” it means He
makes us stewards over the works of His hands. This is the message of
the Scripture in this lesson. Unfortunately, we sometimes do not fully
understand our very nature and therefore, we fail to live our lives
according to our purpose as according to the will of our creator.
 Living our life according to the will of God means conforming our own
lives to the life of Jesus Christ. This may not be easy because of the
temptations that surround us, but the Sacred Scripture as well as the
Church teach us that as human person, created in the image and likeness
of God means we have been given by our Creator the capacity to discern
the good from evil and the will to choose that which is good Our minds
may have been clouded by the effects of original sin and our intelligence
have been rendered imperfect. Our will, our freedom, have also been
negatively affected by original sin such that we may wonder ”why we do
what we do not want to do and do not do what we want to do.” God
knows our human weaknesses and for this reason He gives us His grace
and through the sacraments, God’s grace purifies and sustaing us in our
life according to His plan. His grace helps us pattern our lives according
to how Jesus lived His.
 Psalm 8 also points out to another gift given by God to the human person-
dignity. Dignity means worth or value. God’s gift of dignity shows that
He considers us important, that He loves us. Our dignity comes not from
our own effort but from God who:
 Created us, making us stewards of all His creation. God would not have
blessed us with a mind that knows and a heart that loves if we are not
important. We have value or dignity because God loves us and He made
us according to His image.
 saved us despite our being unworthy and unfaithful. He saved us even
though we are sinners. We have dignity because God sent His Son to
redeem us and restore our status as His children.
 It has destined us to be with Him in heaven. We are important to God
because He has reserved a place for us in heaven and has made available
for us the means to get there.
 Our human dignity puts us in the forefront of God’s creation. It means
that God values us, that we are important to Him. Being created in His
image and likeness implies that we are capable of being fundamentally
good. We may be inclined to sin but our conscience, “the most secret core
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 and sanctuary of man,” directs us to a life with God and with others. We
may have a hard time facing life’s sufferings and failures but God created
us to be strong and courageous with the help of the grace of the Holy
Spirit. If the Lord Jesu’ Christ surpassed His sufferings by being faithful
to His Father’s plan of love, so can we surpass sufferings, too,through our
faith in the Father.
 God continues to reach out to us. Despite our sins, He saves us; He
sanctifies us; He calls us to share in eternal life. That is how much God
loves us. Our response to this love should be our best effort to conform
our life to the life of His Son, Jesus Christ. By our Baptism, we share in
the three-fold mission of Jesus as Priest, Prophet, and King. To be able to
live out this mission, God gifted us with different gifts of the Holy Spirit
in our Confirmation.
 The grace of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist also strengthens us and
steers us toward fulfilling our mission. Thus we are encouraged to receive
the Holy Eucharist frequently. We must also open ourselves to the
promptings of the Holy Spirit as the thousands of holy men and women
of the Church did. When we do these, we establish a relationship with
God. It is through this relationship that we fulfill the true purpose of our
being: to be happy with God in heaven.

Transfer

New Evangelization (New Methods, New Ardor, New Expressions,

Creative Strategies)

Empowered by God’s Message

1. God have given us will, dignity, His grace, and freedom. We use these
gifts from God to fulfill His plans for us. These gifts empowers us to do
good and gives us power to overcome weaknesses.
2. Answers may vary. (I will use His gifts by doing the good as what He
wants us to do. Through prayers, I will ask for His guidance to make a
right decision on using His gifts.)
3. Answers may vary. (Dear God, I will always thank You for the gifts You
have given to me to make me a better person and valuable in this world.
Thank You for making me special and thank You for letting me use Your

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Assessment (Formative, Summative Assessment, Performance Task)

Answer assessment.
1. Church is the holy place where we repent all the things we have done to
Answers may vary. (Disagree. The original sin has made us capable of
practicing sin but it is us who is responsible for our sins.)
2. Answers may vary. (Disagree. Our worth or value should be based on
how we serve God and our neighbors. We should always do good deeds
to become a valuable person.)
3. Answers may vary. (Agree. We can only fulfill His plan for us if we
cooperate with each other. To share eternal happiness with Him is
dealing and doing good with the people around us.)
4. Answers may vary. (Disagree. We can achieve full dignity if we are
capable of being fundamentally good and surpass every struggles that
we encounter in our life.)
5. Answers may vary. (Disagree. It would be useless to do the sacraments
if a person will not think of his or her neig

Ad Intra ( Compassion for Humanity)

Mission /Discipleship
Remarks:

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Prepared: Checked & Approved:

Mr. Jose Dizon S. Solomon, LPT, MACDDS Sr. Glynda P. Abello, OP

CL/VE Teacher School Director/ Principal

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