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Jonah Flees From The Lord: Lesson 3: Are You Like Jonah?

The document outlines lesson objectives and activities for teaching a Bible story about the prophet Jonah, who is instructed by God to preach in Nineveh but initially tries to flee by boarding a ship. Pre-reading activities ask students what they already know about Jonah and want to learn; while-reading activities include reading the scripture passage and answering questions; post-reading activities involve character descriptions and reflection.

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Jonah Flees From The Lord: Lesson 3: Are You Like Jonah?

The document outlines lesson objectives and activities for teaching a Bible story about the prophet Jonah, who is instructed by God to preach in Nineveh but initially tries to flee by boarding a ship. Pre-reading activities ask students what they already know about Jonah and want to learn; while-reading activities include reading the scripture passage and answering questions; post-reading activities involve character descriptions and reflection.

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Lesson 3: Are you like Jonah?

Obejectives:
To be able to apply strategies to comprehend words and ideas.
To be able to answer WH questions.
To be able to share an experience similar to the story with their classmates

Pre-Reading Activities:
You have probably heard of the story of Jonah before.
List 3 things you already know about Jonah and list 3 things you want to learn about Jonah.

While-Reading Activities:

Jonah 1:1-9 (NIV)

Jonah Flees From the Lord


1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city
of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up
before me.”

3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down
to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare,
he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.

4 Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose
that the ship threatened to break up. 5 All the sailors were afraid and each
cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten
the ship.

But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep
sleep. 6 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and
call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”

7 Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who
is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. 8 So

they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for
us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your
country? From what people are you?”

9 He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven,


who made the sea and the dry land.”

Act. 1: Write on the boat some of the repeated words or phrases in the
passage.
Act. 2:

Answer the WH Questions below:

WHO is the main character in this story?


How do you know this?
Who are the other characters in the story?
WHAT two things does God tell Jonah to do?
WHERE does the main action take place?
What other places are named?
WHEN do these events take place?
When does God send Jonah to Nineveh? (Look for a cause or event, not a date)
When does the storm take place?
WHY does God want Jonah to go to Nineveh?
HOW does Jonah respond to God’s command?

Post-Reading Activities:
Act. 1 : Write one sentence describing each of the characters in the story.
JONAH GOD CAPTAIN SAILORS

Act:
1. What have you learned about God in this passage?
2. What have you learned about Jonah?
3. Will you be like Jonah?

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