One Garden, One Law (Pentateuch)

Introductory Discussion Questions:

Do you like gardens?

What kind of gardens do you like?

Have you ever grown your own garden? If so, what kinds of plants did you grow?

Do you like laws?

What laws do you like/dislike the most?

Antonym Matching

Good                                                                                                                     took

Work                                                                                                                     play

Gave                                                                                                                     evil

Orders                                                                                                                  ignorance

Knowledge                                                                                                         life

Death                                                                                                                    pleas

Synonym and Phrase Matching

To do work                                                                                                         similar

Take care of                                                                                                       exist                                     

Take of                                                                                                                 look after

To be                                                                                                                     labor

By himself                                                                                                           grab

Like himself                                                                                                        alone

One Garden, One Law

And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.

 And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him…

Listening Blank Fill

 And ______ Lord God took the man and put him in the ___________ of Eden to do work in it and ______________ of it.  

And the Lord God gave the man orders, ___________, You may freely take of the fruit of every ________ of the garden: But of the ________ of the tree of the knowledge of good and ________ you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to _______.

And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a _________ to him…

Fill in the Blank with a b c or d.

And the Lord God 1(    ) the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work 2(    ) it and take care of it.                ¶ 

And the Lord God gave the man 3(     ), saying, You may freely take of the fruit of 4(     ) tree of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you 5(     ) not take; for on the day when you take of it, death 6(     ) certainly come to you. ¶ 

And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by 7(     ): I will make one like himself as a help to him…

1. a. taking b. take c. takes d. took                           2. a. at b. in c. beside d. over     

3. a. suggestions b. orders c. suggestion d. order              4. a. every b. all c. whole  d. everyone

5. a. Container b. May c. may d. can                                        6. a. possibly b. might c. may d. will

7. a. himself b. only c. hisself d. alone

Pair Work Discussion Questions

A:

1.       Do you think gardening would be a good job? Why or why not?

2.       If you could get rid of one law, what law would you abolish?

3.       What is your favorite fruit?

4.       Do you think the one order in this story was difficult to keep?

5.       Is there any reason the man might choose to eat the fruit despite the warning?

B:

6.       Do you think your country has too many or too few laws?

7.       If you could make one law for your country, what law would you make?

8.       What is your least favorite fruit?

9.       Do you think the God of this story is difficult or good?

10.   Why is it not good for a man to be alone?

Key Vocabulary:

Lord God    shang di 44

Garden      yuan 2

Orders      fen fu 14

Saying      shuo 1     

Knowledge    liao jie 33

Good         shan 4

Evil        e 4

May      keyi 33

Certainly wu yi 22

By himself    gu du 12

Exercise Answers

Antonym Matching Good-->evil / work-->play / gave-->took / orders-->pleas / knowledge-->ignorance / death-->life

Synonym and Phrase Matching To do work-->labor / take care of-->look after / take of-->grab / to be-->exist / by himself-->alone / like himself-->similar

Listening Blank Fill the, garden, take care, saying, tree, fruit, evil, you, help

Fill in the Blank. 1.d. took / 2.b. in / 3.b. orders / 4.a. every / 5.c. may / 6.d. will / 7.a. himself