Good
morning, everyone.
We
will get started at 8:30
Al
Haley ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Class
blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com
Today’s
agenda
·
Talk about Replacement test for next week
·
Test4 – paragraph about “Penny in the Dust”
·
Grammar/sentence/vocab work
·
Listening exercise
Friday and Monday are holidays- Good Friday and Easter
Monday
Tuesday
·
Begin Five-paragraph essay
·
First Nations module
Wednesday
·
Five-paragraph essay
·
First Nations module
Thursday
·
Replacement test (optional)
·
Review
Friday (final day)- not a teaching day, one-on-one consultation
·
Marks day
·
Final reports
** Optional replacement test **
A few people have asked me about rewriting tests.
Maybe they had a bad test or a missed test.
In my classes, I offer an optional replacement
test for anyone who would like to do that. This is exactly the same deal as the
replacemnt quiz.
Next Thursday, you will have an opportunity
to replace one of the tests that you wrote. This is optional. You don’t have to
do it if you don’t want.
As of today, we will have done four tests:
Test#1- Viola/Rosa x/12
doubled
Test#2 – RSoNSA x/12
Test#3- WWoC x/12
Test#4- PitD x/12
You have the marks for those.
NOTE: I will return Test#4 to you on Tuesday.
You may have one test that you were not
satisfied with. You can replace one of those tests. You choose which one.
One is one. Not two, not three. 1=1
You will do the replacement test during
regular class time, as usual. It will Thursday, April 21. We will do it the
last hour of class.
The replacement test will be a new test, a new
topic.
Your old mark will be replaced with the new
mark. It will not be the higher of the two marks.
Think about if you would like to replace one
of your test marks.
If you have pretty good marks, just leave
them. Don’t bother with the replacement test.
Email me by next Wednesday at 1PM which test
you would like to replace.
Send me an email.
Make sure you use a proper Subject line:
“Name, Class, Replacement Test.”
“Hi Al,
I want to replace Test#1.
Thanks,
Betty”
I will respond.
“Ok. Thanks.
Al”
I will not accept
late emails. Next Wednesday at 1pm is the deadline to let me know if you want
to replace a test.
***
Easter is a major Christian holiday
celebration marks the end of Holy Week- Christians
commemorate crucifixion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ
crux- cross
Easter does not appear in Bible- developed later
belief in one god – mono theism
theo- god
polytheism – believe in many gods
Easter Sunday can fall anywhere between March 22 and April
25- Sunday immediately following the Paschal Full Moon- lunar festival-
feminine
governed by the phases of the moon
Good Friday- day that Jesus was crucified
Easter Sunday – the day Christ was resurrected
In ancient times- before Christianty
Easter is a pagan festival.
celebrate the Spring equinox, religious culture celebrates
the resurrection
2022 AD – anno
domini, in the year of the Lord
500 BC – before Christ
2022 CE- common era, same as AD
Easter is an ancient festival
celebration of new life, new year, Spring
acceptance of ancient pagan practises, most of which we
enjoy today at Easter
long cold winter
symbolic story of the rebirth of the sun, overcoming the
powers of darkness- ancient
long dark winter, sun is back, longer days, rebirth
plenty of parallel, rival resurrected saviours
Sumerian goddess Ishtar, was hung naked on a stake, and was
subsequently resurrected and ascended from the underworld.
oldest resurrection myths is Egyptian Horus. Born on 25
December
Cybele cult flourished on today's Vatican Hill. Cybele's
lover Attis, was born of a virgin, died and was reborn annually.
This spring festival began as a day of blood on Black
Friday, rising to a crescendo after three days, in rejoicing over the
resurrection.
All the fun things about Easter are pagan. Bunnies are a
leftover from the pagan festival of Eostre, a great northern goddess whose
symbol was a rabbit or hare.
-rabbits represent fecundity
Exchange of eggs is an ancient custom, celebrated by many
cultures. Hot cross buns are very ancient too. In the Old Testament we see the
Israelites baking sweet buns for an idol, and religious leaders trying to put a
stop to it. The early church clergy also tried to put a stop to sacred cakes
being baked at Easter. In the end, in the face of defiant cake-baking pagan
women, they gave up and blessed the cake instead.
eggs represent rebirth
chocolate? I don’t know
easter- Ishtar, Eostre, Easter
estrogen- female sex hormone
testosterone – male sex hormone
the pagan roots of Easter is a celebration of femininity
monotheism – one god
polytheism – many gods
Filipino cultish violent easter celebrations “cruc” pics
Mel Gibson- gory, violent- Braveheart, Passion of the Christ
Whether you are a Christian or not, you can celebrate the
coming of Spring with some chocolate bunnies. Also, you can paint eggs and have
an egg hunt.
Test#4
“Penny in the Dust”
150-200 word paragraph
Discuss the person vs person conflict between the son, Peter,
and his father in “Penny in the Dust”.
Do not just write a plot summary.
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