I just learned the meaning of this word, decalogue, this week.  First I stumbled across the website of NNWP Teacher Consultant, Corbett Harrison who provides wonderful mini-lessons to use with mentor texts.  He recommends reading chapter four of Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn Dixie, which contains a wonderful decalogue — a  list of ten things the preacher tells Opal about her mother. Corbett writes: "On day one of class, I ask my students to create a list of 'Ten Things I Know about Myself ...