Sacred Reading at Talley High

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The Nickel Boys - Chapters 15-Epilogue

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

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

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

The Nickel Boys - Chapters 7-9

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

The Nickel Boys - Chapters 5-6

 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

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

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

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

Section 5, pages 280-350

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