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Teaching Tips

Teaching Tips from Sister Kieran Sawyer:
     I am actively involved in facilitating the Learning about L.I.F.E sessions in parishes and schools in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.  As I prepare for each session and work with groups of various sizes and backgrounds, I often experiment with new ways to improve the content and/or the process.  Listed below you will find PDF or Word files of new ideas and new handouts.

Grade 5-6:
       Click here for some tips on the grade 5-6 session plan.
       Click here for a new parent-child process sheet.      

Grade 7-8 session:  
        Click here for some tips on the grade 7-8 session plan.
        Click here for a new parent-child process sheet. (Page 1 will  appear blank when you open it.  Scroll down to pages 2 and 3.)

Combo session  (grade 9-10 with grade 7-8 content):
        Click here   to download a session plan prepared for high school students who did not have the grade 7-8 session.  For a PowerPoint presentation of the teaching charts for this session, contact Sister Kieran Sawyer.

Spanish language version:
     I recently facilitated the grade 5-6 and the grade 7-8 sessions with families in which the parents do not speak English.  I prepared bilingual facilitators to help with the presentations, and used teaching charts and handouts in both languages.  Contact me for information on how to access this material.

Facilitator CD:
   A CD containing master copies of handouts, powerpoints, and sample promotion letters can be ordered from Sister Kieran Sawyer