Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Chalk sketch of secret place.

Objective: To personally connect the concepts of private ownership and sharing.

Activity: Each student will find a secret place. (I used a classroom that led into a larger area so that there were plenty of desks, tables, nooks, and crannies. Each student picks up a small cloth bag with several pieces of chalk inside and a sheet of paper. Students will go to their secret place and sketch a secret place that they have had. Leave your picture in that secret place. Each child guides class to secret place. Share chalk picture and oral story.

Assessment: Quality of chalk drawings and oral presentation of the journey to a secret place.