Student Name:
Teacher Name:
Class:
Date:
Your Title: _______________________________________________________
Intro:
 HOOK: What is a
precept?
 Why are they
popular or
important?
 What do they have
to do with our
book (Use author’s
name and book
title)
 THESIS: Why are
precepts important
in this book?
Body Paragraph #1
 Why is one precept
important?
 What happens in
the story to prove
this?
 What is a quote
from the book
about this idea?
 ---Citation: Page
number in
parentheses (132).
 COMMENTARY:
How does this
quote show the
preceptl is
important? What
does it mean? How
does it help?
 TRANSITION – “Not
only X, but also Y”
Body Paragraph #2
 Which other
precept is
important?
 What happens in
the story to prove
this?

What is a quote
from the book
about this idea?
 ---Citation: Page
number in
parentheses (132).
 COMMENTARY:
How does this
quote show that
precepts are
important? What
does it mean? How
does it help?
 TRANSITION – “Not
only X, but also Y”
Body Paragraph #3
 What do the
student-written
precepts show?
 What happens in
the story to prove
this?
 What is a quote
from the book
about this idea?
 ---Citation: Page
number in
parentheses (132).
 COMMENTARY:
How does this
quote show the
precepts are
important to the
students? What
does it mean? How
does it help?
Conclusion
 Restate your thesis
 Summarize how it
helps the
characters in the
texts
 Explain how this
helps us in the real
world understand
each other.