This week, the 4th graders had a sub, Jonathan
Shecter, with whom they focused on the story of Samson. The class was
distributed a play that comprised many of the main events of the Samson story,
from the angel’s announcement of Samson’s birth through his capture by the
Philistines, and his relationship with and betrayal by Delilah. The 4th
grade read the play aloud in three sections. After each section, they were
asked to fill out a worksheet that checked their comprehension and asked them
to make inferences about some of the concepts that had been introduced in the
story. The first worksheet focused on Nazirites, and their roles and
responsibilities in ancient Israel; the second focused on the character of
Samson, and asked them to think about how he was both a different and a similar
kind of prophet from the ones we have discussed so far in class; and the third
asked them to consider the secret that Samson told Delilah, why he might have
told her, and how this story could connect to their own lives and the secrets
they choose to keep and tell. Jonathan has told me that the 4th
grade made it through the material admirably, and I am excited to discuss what
they learned when I next meet with them on 2/7.
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