o what extent would you favor adopting these steps as the
fundamental processes?

5. Discuss the meaning and significance of "The Point of Contact."

6. Why is some kind of lesson statement a prerequisite to a good
recitation?

7. Show how this statement may be made.

8. What do you consider your most valuable device in the preparation of
a lesson?

9. Discuss the importance of filing away the material looked up in the
preparation of the regular work of teaching.

10. Indicate some of the best methods of filing.

HELPFUL REFERENCES

Betts, _How to Teach Religion_; Weigle, _Talks to Sunday School
Teachers_; Thorndike, _Principles of Teaching_; Strayer and Norsworthy,
_How to Teach_; Earhart, _Types of Teaching_; Betts, _Classroom Method
in Management_; Bagley, _Classroom Management_.

CHAPTER XV

ORGANIZING A LESSON

OUTLINE--CHAPTER XV

A review of the steps in lesson preparation.--The values of
outlining.--Objections answered.--Outlining a means, not an
end.--The essentials in outlining.--An illustrative outline on
prayer.

Preparing a lesson is no easy matter, particularly for those teachers
who are new to the calling. There are those, of course, for whom reading
an assigned chapter through constitutes a preparation, but to the
successful teacher this preliminary reading is only the initial step in
the process. Adequate preparation involves the following questions:

What aim shall I select out of the material available as the focus for
my day's work?

How shall I build about that aim a body of facts that will establish it
as a fundamental truth in life?

How shall I illustrate the truths presented so that they will strike
home in the experiences of my boys and girls?

How shall I make sure that members of the class will go out from the
recitation to put into practice the teachings of the day?

What questions ought I to ask to emphasize the outstanding points of my
lesson?

What method of presentation can I most safely follow to make my lesson
effective?

How may I discipline my class so that no disturbances will interfere
with our discussions?

Reduced to simple terms, the matter of preparation together with
presentation, involves the problems of

Organization
Aim
Illustration
Application
Methods of presentation
Questioning

It is difficult to single out any one factor and treat it as if it were
independent of the others--teaching is a