Your 8th graders have finished the rough draft of their essays. The prompt required them to connect course content and a relevant Biblical principle.
 
Question: How can you help your students use a relevant Biblical principle?
 
Answer: By having them reflect on their rough drafts. By having them reflect on the relevance of the Biblical principle they used.
 
Question: How can you do this?
 
Answer: By having your students coach each other by asking the following 5 questions:

1. What’s your thesis?
2. What Biblical principle did you use to support your thesis?
3. What’s satisfying/unsatisfying about the Biblical principle you used?
4. On a scale of 1-5 (5 being high), how relevant is the Biblical principle you used?
5. What question do you want to ask ____ (teacher’s name) about your Biblical principle?

Help your students use relevant Biblical principles. Use peer coaching. Today.