Sacred Reading at Brandon High

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

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.

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

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

 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.

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.

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."  

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

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

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

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

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

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."