Question: What inspires students learning?
 
Answer: Rigor. Students may not want to admit it, but they enjoy rigorous education. So, make your Biblical perspective assessment rigorous, not easy.
 
Question: What do easy and rigorous assessment prompts look like?
 
Answer: Check out these examples:
 
Presentation

• Easy: Share something you found interesting (2-3 minutes).
• Rigorous: Connect to something you studied this semester in English 10, develop that connection as your project, connect a Biblical principle to the topic, and connect the Biblical principle to your life in a way you can implement and report on. This may be done as an individual (5-8 min. presentation) or in a group (8-10 min. presentation).

Essay

• Easy: For one of the short stories you read, describe the theme (paragraph).
• Rigorous: For one of the short stories you read, identify a theme, analyze how the author uses literary conventions to communicate it, and evaluate it from a Biblical perspective (500 words).

Bottom line: Inspire learning. Inspire students to connect what they study and what the Bible teaches. Give rigorous assessments.