Reddit reviews The Bible Tells Me So: A Year of Catechizing Directly from Scripture

This book is fantastic...
https://www.amazon.com/Bible-Tells-Me-Catechizing-Scripture/dp/1475296657

"The Bible Tells Me So"

Granted, it's written to a younger audience than you may be targeting, but I used it for RCIA and just changed the language when appropriate. It is written in spoken-word style (as though someone transcribed his classes) so I just took the core of the material and rewrote it to be appropriate. Something that he might cover in an hour, I could distill down to 15-30 mins usually.

Anything with videos is generally more captivating than a book series, and could be good to supplement that book with something directly focused on Confirmation. Two that I've used bits and pieces of before are...

Chosen by Ascension Press
Decision Point by Dynamic Catholic

And Formed.org, if your parish has it, is full of really solid resources. The Symbolon series would be good for Confirmation candidates as wood Bishop Barron's Catholicism series. If they are academically advanced enough, anything by Brant Pitre on there is just fantastic, especially on the Jewish roots of the Eucharist. Granted, it's not Confirmation related, but if they're up for it, it will get them on fire for their faith and the Eucharist.

1. If you can separate the boys and the girls and teach them in two separate classes, do it.
   
   
2. Skits, skits, skits!
   
   
3. Check out Christian LeBlanc's book The Bible Tells Me So, about teaching directly out of the Bible to sixth graders, WHICH IS THE VERY BOOK MENTIONED IN /u/kkollwitz 's POST O.M.GOODNESS
   
   but seriously, this is a good year to review salvation history in preparation for Confirmation.
   
   
4. They're very interested in angels, demons, and what happens after death
   
   
5. Review, review, review. Their minds are like Teflon. If you can get them moving around that will help them pay more attention.
   
   
6. You may need to give a stretch break.
   
   
7. Take 10-15 minutes out of each class to help them develop their prayer and devotional lives. Teach them the Angelus, a Litany, the Rosary, and teach them lectio divina and mental prayer.
   
   
8. If there's any way you can get Bibles into their hands, you could start teaching them how to look up verses, where the books are, and introduce them to reading the Gospels on their own.