![]() Second, it hits on reading and writing! Students are thinking about theme, author’s point of view, author’s perspective, inferences, and more then are writing a reflection sharing these using evidence and specific examples. Students don’t often get to reflect and think about their own life. ![]() Too often during the school day the curriculum is just that: curriculum. I love many different things about tackling precepts with my students.įirst, it gives them time to think about life. What is the theme of the precept? Why did the author say/write it? What does the precept mean to your life? Does it make you want to change anything? I let them write for about ten minutes and then we begin discussing. ![]() They read the precept and immediately begin writing. On most Fridays, students enter my classroom to a precept projected on the board. Ever since I’d finished Wonder, I’ve wanted to do a precept activity in my class, so this year, I jumped in and do a (mostly) weekly precept. ![]() He is one of those teachers in books that you read and wish you could work with them. Browne assigns his students a precept monthly that they will discuss and write an essay about. He defines precepts as “rules about really important things.” Mr. ![]()
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