D'var Torah Guides for Diverse Learners
These guides can support students in writing the D’var Torah with guidelines to express and organize their thoughts.
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Multiple Choice D'var Torah Guide
To help a student prepare for the D’var Torah at his/her bar/bat mitzvah, this simple multiple choice worksheet asks questions about different aspects of a child’s Judaism through visual representations. This guide will allow a family or teacher to craft a meaningful d’var Torah with a student who has difficulty expressing him/herself.
D'var Torah Graphic Organizer
Graphic organizers allow learners to visually organize known information. This graphic organizer can be used to help a bar/bat mitzvah student write a d’var Torah. It prompts the student with questions presented in logical sequence about the Torah portion itself as well as the student’s understanding of the portion.
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