Easter Week Classwork for Monday

Easter Week: Classwork for Monday, April 6

Our classwork for April 6 consists of reading some of the students' essays on The Great Commission & The Great Commandment, watching part of a video about Jesus, discussing a chapter from from the book Rainbow Garden by Patricia St. John, and listening to a Welsh hymn.

The following questions and activities related to Rainbow Garden are for class discussion:

1. Elaine and Janet, in the chapter from Rainbow Garden, realize that they need to keep clean hearts. Write a paragraph about how you can have a clean heart and a clear conscience.


2. In Rainbow Garden, what methods did Elaine and Janet use to learn about the Bible? What methods do you use?


3. Elaine and Janet lived in Wales. Click to see pictures of villages in Wales.


4. In Wales, Palm Sunday is called Flowering Sunday, and families traditionally visit the graves of their relatives to lay flowers on the graves. On this day they also have famous Welsh singing contests which are known as Gymansa Ganu. Choirs from various chapels in the area come together to take part in these festivals, and at these festivals special conductors are invited. In Wales a feature of Easter used to be the preaching services held in the chapels. There would be another on the Saturday night, and then three on Easter Sunday itself. The town of Ffestiniog used to hold another three services on Easter Monday as well. People would flock to these services at which ministers from other towns and villages would be asked as guest preachers. These preachers would take these events of the first Holy Week to use in sermons.


5. The Welsh language can be daunting. The name of a tiny village in Anglesey is “Llanfairpwllgwymgyllgogerychwyrndrobwillllantysiliogogogoch” which means “Church of St. Mary in the Hollow by the White Aspen near the Rapid Whirlpool and Church of St. Tysilio by the Red Cave.” In the Welsh alphabet, there are seven vowels (including w and y) and they do not use the letters j, k, v, x, and z. However, ch, dd, ff, ll, ph, and th are considered to be their own letters. The letter f is pronounced like a v, and dd is pronounced like th in the word them.


6. Listen to a beautiful Welsh hymn on YouTube and click on the "more info" link to the right of the video. Read the description there and write down the English name of the hymn.