![]() ![]() First published in 2003, The First Stone is a fictional novel about a troubled boy and a grieving girl, both running their own course to heal their broken pasts. As a class we walk outside under a tree and bury the stones learning what it means to REPENT and become a better person and strive to be better moving forward We then ask each other for forgiveness and to let go of all the things written on those stones. ![]() ![]() After I show them the video clip attached, and teach them the article, I give each student a stone and a marker… I ask each to anonymously write down something they wish they could take back or let go of and ask them to drop the stone in a class bucket when they are done (no one is ever allowed to look at another stone in the bucket) At the end of the novel we go back to the stones, and we read each one by one. I do this by teaching the famous anecdote in the Bible where Jesus dares those without sin to cast a stone at another. ![]() I connect that to prejudice, making mistakes, believing in second chances, and the power of forgiveness. I start discussing the theme of identity, true friendship, peer pressure, the beauty of scars and the pains of growing. A great interactive idea is having the students analyze the front cover of the novel and talk about the symbolism of mirrors, glass and broken glass. ![]()
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