Bible Summary, Questions and Comic Assignment
Your 4 tasks: READ THE AND SUCCESS CRITERIA AND INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
1. Read the story.
2. Write a summary of the story in your own words.
3. Answer only the questions associated with your story. (If you pick a story that does not have questions with it, you need
to create and answer 2 questions for the story you pick.
4. Write a modern day version of the story which is based on the same moral and/or religious truths in comic strip format.
(minimum 4 panels – stick figures are acceptable)
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Choose from one of the following stories: (You are encouraged to pick another story that is not included,
although you should create 2 questions and answer them for the story of your choice, as there aren’t any
questions created for other stories). Other popular stories are: The parable of The talents (Matthew 25:14-30) ,
The parable of the Workers in The Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16), The Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-21, The Parable of
The Sower (Matthew 13), The parable of The Weeds (13:24-43), parable of Judging others (Luke 6:39-42), the
parable of the wise and foolish builders (Luke 6:46-49), The parable of a tree and it’s fruit (Luke 6:43-45) The
Parable of the lost sheep (Luke 15:4-7), The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 15:4-7) (others
too). It is okay to do more than one story especially if the stories are small ones, or the lessons from two
stories could be put together into your story, but you only have to do 1 story.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Luke 14:11-32
1. What are the moral or religious truth(s) of this story?
2. Give three examples of situations in which it is extremely difficult to forgive another person.
3. Why can it be so difficult to forgive another person?
4. a) How does if affect you if you cannot forgive someone who has hurt you
b) How can forgiving another person be a good thing?
Noah’s Ark
Genesis 6 - 9
1. What are the moral or religious truth(s) of this story?
2. Give three examples of human actions which threaten the well-being of other people.
3. Give three examples of people who reach out to others to try to make a difference in our world.
4. Why is it that many people don’t get involved in trying to reduce violence, bullying, environmental problems, etc.?
The Temptations
Matthew 4:1-11
1. What are the moral or religious truth(s) of this story?
2. Give three examples of people and influences in society which put pressure on teens to make them behave in certain
ways?
3. What things do some people do to try and meet other people’s expectations?
4. How do you distinguish between good and bad influences? Explain.
Jesus Feeds the 5000
John 6:1-14
1. What are the moral or religious truth(s) of this story?
2. Give three examples of situations in our world where a similar miracle of generosity is needed.
3. Why is it so difficult for some people to share?
4. How do we decide how much we should share? What would happen if we all waited until we had everything we
wanted?
The Good Samaritan
Luke 10: 25-37
1. What are the moral or religious truth(s) of this story?
2. Give three examples of people who are looked down upon in our society.
3. Why do people sometimes turn away from helping someone who needs help?
4. a) What could happen in your life that might make “less acceptable” in the eyes of some people?
b) Why would that be unfair?
Moses and the Burning Bush- Exodus 3
Moses sees God in a burning bush. God is the flame, the fire. Other people don’t see God in that bush. One of
the messages of this story is that we are surrounded by goodness, kindness, love, beauty, and peace. But we
often overlook this and see only the things in our lives that aren’t going well. Or we focus too much on the
people and things that annoy us. At the end of the day, we may find that we spend more time complaining about
the things that didn’t go well instead of being grateful for the things that did go well. Or we think about what we
don’t have, instead of being grateful for what we do have.
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Why is it that we sometimes focus more on the negative events of our lives instead of the positive?
Describe how our culture leaves us feeling like we don’t have enough, or that we aren’t good enough.
Describe how God (love, peace, etc.) can be seen through the lives of humans.
Give examples of places where love, beauty, peace, and happiness are experienced in our lives.
How can God be seen by someone who is suffering from illness, from poverty, or from violence?
2. Adam and Eve and the expulsion- Genesis Ch. 3
1. What sorts of rules are teenagers tempted to break?
2. What are the reasons that teenagers break rules?
3. Who are the sources of “temptation” in our world? What influences or circumstances make us think that
maybe we should break one or more rules? Explain.
4. a) What would it take for someone to convince you to break a rule? Give two or three examples.
b) Does everyone have their “price”? If offered enough money, can you get anyone to break any rule?
Explain.
5. What stops you from breaking rules? Give three examples.
6. What kinds of rules are easy to break?
7. What kinds of rules are harder to break?
8. What type of consequence is the most effective for preventing people from breaking a rule?
Comment on each of the following…
- a punishment concerning time or money
- the need to spend time with a victim (if there is one) in order to understand the impact of your
behaviour
- some type of community service
Jonah and the Whale- The Book of Jonah
-in this story God is on the side of both the Jews and the non-Jewish people. The God of the Old Testament was
a tribal god who took sides. Some people today still believe that God picks sides.
1. Is God available to everyone or only to those that live their lives in a particular way?
2. What types of people in our world think that they have got all the answers about God? Explain. (Think
about how politicians use God, how TV evangelists use God)
3. What is the danger of thinking that you know everything about God?
The Wrestling of Jacob- Genesis 32:22-32
In this story, Jacob is wrestling with his conscience. The author compares Jacob’s difficulty in making a
decision with a physical battle. The battle is very intense and leaves Jacob scarred for life. The author wants to
show us that the decision making process can be extremely difficult and that the process or the results may affect
us for a long time after.
1. What things can make a decision very complicated?
2. Which types of decisions do teenagers agonize over?
3. Give an example of a decision which is morally good but which may change someone’s life forever.
Jesus and the Woman at the Well- John 4: (1-42)
Jesus talks to a woman that is an outcast. He not only breaks down the social barrier that exists between Jewish
men and Samaritan women, but he offers her “living water”, which represents love.
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Who are the outcasts in our society?
Who decides which groups will be the outcasts?
Why do so many people go along with these “decisions” and avoid spending time with outcasts?
Some spiritual leaders have said that fear is the opposite of love. Is it fear that makes us less loving towards
others? Explain.
Jesus says that he offers living water. This represents love for all people. What would our school look like if
people didn’t judge one another? What would our school feel like? (Give five adjectives (describing words)
in your answer.
What are the actions that each person in the school would need to do?
Who in our world is reminding us that we need to behave kindly to everyone?
How would our interactions with strangers change in we were to behave kindly to everyone we met? What
specific things would we do? Say?
Success Criteria
-Summary is succinct
-summary includes all key
details
-Summary leaves out
unnecessary details
-Spelling and Grammar
-Questions include the
question in the answer
-Questions answer the
question asked
-Questions include all
necessary details
-Comic strip includes the
story below or above the
comic
-Comic strip has word or
thought bubbles
-modern day comic strip tells
a modern day story with a
similar lesson as the old
story
-comic is creative and
detailed, (the 6 look fors
(creativity, understanding
etc.) will be considered to
determine what work is
higher than level 3
Met
Not met/partly
met
Ideas for Improvement