Sacred Reading at Talley High

Patron Saints of Nothing: Chapters 3-5 22.03.2021 20:33 ↓

Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Peterson talk about grief and loss.

Patron Saints of Nothing: Intro and Chapter 1 12.03.2021 12:55 ↓

Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Boore use Lectio Divina to look at the quote: "With spring break around the corner, and then only a few more weeks after that until graduation, the future is a wall of fog obscuring the horizon."

Break out of Brandon's Virtual Library 28.08.2020 1:24 ↓

Play to episode to get a clue!

The Nickel Boys - Chapters 15-Epilogue 11.05.2020 22:15 ↓

Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Sparano use Lectio Divina to talk about Elwood's wish for kin in the Richmond dining room.

The Nickel Boys - Chapters 12-14 04.05.2020 38:23 ↓

Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Fowler discuss what it feels like when you stop fighting and how you have to love yourself to keep fighting and to try to make your world better.

The Nickel Boys - Chapter 10 and 11 24.04.2020 22:39 ↓

 Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Jackson use Lectio Divina to discuss how the boys say justice exists in theory.

The Nickel Boys - Chapters 7-9 13.04.2020 26:36 ↓

Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Ellison used Lectio Divina to discuss the issues in these chapters.

The Nickel Boys - Chapters 5-6 02.04.2020 18:12 ↓

 Mrs. Huff and Mr. Thompson use Havruta to discuss how the African American students call the shed where beatings occur "The White House" and how they see the name as fitting.

The Nickel Boys - Chapters 2-4 27.03.2020 18:06 ↓

Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Boore use Lectio Divina to discuss the beginning of Chapter 3 where Elwood says that students learn to focus their attention in order to distract themselves from the curses written in the books from the white school.

The Nickel Boys - Prologue and Chapter 1 09.03.2020 15:28 ↓

Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Wilson use Lectio Divina with the quote "Nickel Boys were cheaper than a dime a dance and you got more for your money."  

Section 6, the rest of the novel 20.12.2019 11:54 ↓

 Mrs. Huff and Mr. Thompson discuss what happens to Erin from a parent's perspective.

Section 5, pages 280-350 17.12.2019 10:37 ↓

Mrs. Huff and two senior girls discuss prejudice and the assumptions of others when people of any race gather in groups.

Section 4, pages 208-279 11.12.2019 9:31 ↓

Mrs. Huff and Ms. Craig talk about the risk of standing up for what's right and what the personal cost may be.

Section 3, pages 139-207 02.12.2019 16:12 ↓

Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Boore discuss issues of consent and ownership of your body and body images with a quote from page 176.

Section 2, pages 73-138 18.11.2019 12:52 ↓

Mrs. Huff and Ms. Olson use Lectio Divina with the passage from page 90 that Erin narrates.  

Section 1, pages 1-72 11.11.2019 10:26 ↓

Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Spears use Lectio Divina with the quote from Rosina on page 20, "The this is...people don't want to hear something that'll make their lives more difficult, even if it's the truth.  People hate having to change the way they see things.  So instead of admitting the world is ugly, they s*** on the messenger for telling them about it."

The Hate U Give Podcast, The Whole Book Wrap Up 25.04.2019 24:04 ↓

Flora Ledgium from our quotes for the whole book.

The Hate U Give Podcast, Chapters 25 and 26 18.04.2019 9:43 ↓

Lectio Divina with the final chapters

The Hate U Give Podcast, Chapters 22, 23, and 24 09.04.2019 10:51 ↓

Sacred Reading with Havruta.