- Have a verse race with your religious book. Decide on several passages ahead of time to talk about in class. Write down the book name and verse number of those passages. Have each student hold a copy of your holy book in his hand. Call out the book name and verse number. Students can then race to be the first to find that verse. Once it's found, the student should stand up and begin to read it out loud. After the student has read the verse, you can reward the student by giving her a prize. Then, you can proceed with your lesson and talk about that verse, or have students discuss its importance.
This game works best for books that are divided into named sections or books, but can be accommodated for other holy books, using passages, prayers or lists. - Teach parables, stories and lessons from your holy book by having students act out the various scenes. Holy books are full of lessons that come in story form, but are often written in archaic language that might be difficult to understand, depending on what version of the book you are using. Read a story to students and work with them to figure out how to role-play that story or lesson with other members of their group. Have students act out their story or lesson, and have other students in the class guess what the scene depicts.
- Play a fill in the blank game. Use several sheets of paper on which partial verses or quotes are written. Leave blanks in these verses or quotes. Have students go through their holy books and try to find the quotes or verses so they can fill in the blanks. The first student to fill in all of the blanks wins a prize.
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