A more detailed explanation about hblt is provided in the following section. It should be noted that hook takes pretty solid inspiration from the plot of peter pan as seen. Occasionally i will teach in my adult sunday school class but my methods seem to be hit or miss. I need to incorporate the hook, book, look, took method and it will help me immensely. Use something from the young peoples world that they already relate to. Get the class attention focused on the lesson at hand with a relevant and interesting introduction. Hook, book, look and took remain excellent handles for structuring, developing, delivering and evaluating a bible lesson.
These four simple words were first introduced to me during my seminary days through a required reading book by lawrence richards, entitled creative bible teaching lawrence o. The hook book look took lesson structure hblt can be interpreted in various ways. Richards, creative bible teaching, moody press, 1976. Because wendy took peter in at some point in her late adult life and cared for him like her own. Step description principles hook all good teachers understand the importance of this step, especially when working with young learners. Larry richards created the teaching scheme hook, look, book, took and published it in 1970. Read more tagged bible study, ephesians, explore the bible, hook book look took. Capture the audiences attention from the very beginning.
Thank you for this explanation of this teaching method. When i studied methods of bible teaching, richards book was hot off the press. Chromey reveals how every great lesson will feature an engaging introduction, an indepth study of the. My wife, a professor of christian education for many years, used the text book. Using the hook book look took and the scope methods to deliver the lesson. Out of the introduction, raise a common need in the hearers so that it begins to address. I mingled with it briefly in bible college, but not enough to understand it. Using a classic movie musical, and relying upon the popular method of lawrence richards, dr.
It is a pattern that normally should be followed in most bible teaching situations. Hook, book, look, took herwindy m tedjaatmadja and willy a renandya keep it simple. Pray for the teaching ministry of the holy spirit in your class. The hook, look, book, took model is a pretty failsafe approach that will engage young people and show them a god who is relevant, interesting and interested in them. This is where we introduce and prepare the students affectively, cognitively and also linguistically for the main part of the.
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