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Out of Nothing (Pentateuch)

4/6/2015

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Introductory Discussion Questions:

Do you like to make things? 

What do you like to make? 

Do you make your bed?  

Who or what made the earth?

How old is the earth? What do you think? 

Do you like light or darkness? Why?








Synonym Matching

world                                                                                                    desert 

waste                                                                                                     nice

dark                                                                                                        beginning

light                                                                                                      separate 

good                                                                                                       earth

division                                                                                                 sunny

first                                                                                                         black

Out of Nothing

At the first God made the heaven and the earth. And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark, naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Listening Blank Fill

At the _________ God made the heaven and the _______. And the earth was ________ and without form; and it was dark on the ______ of the deep: and the Spirit of ______ was moving on the face of the _________.

And God said, Let there be ________: and there was light. And God, looking on the light, saw that it was _______: and God made a division between the light and the _______, Naming the light, Day, and the dark, ________. And there was evening and there was ___________, the first day.

Fill in the Blank with a b c or d.

 At the 1(      ) God made the heaven and the earth. And the earth 2(     ) waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was 3(     ) on the face of the waters. 

And God said, Let there be light: and 4(      ) was light. And God, looking on the light, saw that 5(     ) was good: and God made a division between the light 6(     ) the dark, Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was 7(      ), the first day.

1. a. starting b. first c. begin d. end                          2. a. is b. were c. was d. be          

3. a. move b. will move c. did move d. moving   4. a. their b. there c. they’re d. were 

5. a. he b. she c. it d. they                                            6. a. for b. if c. or d. and

7. a. evening b. morning c. night d. noon

Pair Work Discussion Questions

A:

1.       Have you ever heard a creation story before?

2.       Do you like daytime or nighttime more? Why? 

3.       What did you think of this reading? Was it interesting?

4.       What are some things that have form?

5.       Do you sometimes wish you could make things happen by just speaking? Why or why not?

B:

6.       If you could make anything you wanted, what would you make?

7.       Do you think the writer meant a 24 hour day or years?

8.       What is your favorite time of the day? Why?

9.       What are some things that do not have form? 

10.   God called the light ‘good;’ how would you describe light? 

Key Vocabulary:

God       Shen 2

Make    chuangzao 4 4

Heaven      tian 1

Earth       di 4

Waste   lang fei  4 4

Without form  kongxu 1 1

Dark   hei an 1 4

Deep yuan mian 1 4

Spirit        ling 2

Face         mian 4

Division   fen kai 1 1

Exercise Answers

Picture Matching: Light -->light bulb / Earth --> globe / Darkness --> cat’s eyes / Wasteland --> desert / Heaven --> sky with clouds 

Synonym Matching: world --> earth / waste --> desert / dark -->black / light -->sunny / good -->nice/ division ->separate / first -->beginning

Listening Blank Fill: beginning, earth, waste, face, God, waters, light, good, dark, night, morning

Fill in the Blank: 1. b. first / 2. c. was / 3. d. moving / 4. b. there / 5. c. it / 6. d. and / 7. b. morning

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    My name is Paul. I am from Michigan, USA. I am a perpetual language learner and teacher, trading my time between two continents. I obtained my MA in TESOL from Cornerstone University. 

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