Faith and Hope in Action

📋 Course Outline

1. Faith and Lencho’s letter to God
2. Money order form and post office process
3. Hailstorm destroys Lencho’s crops
4. Postmaster’s response and God’s signature
5. Lencho’s anger and request for remaining money
6. Hope, relative clauses, and negatives for emphasis
7. Storm types vocabulary and hope usage
8. Metaphors in the story and comparison table
9. Speaking, listening, and classroom activities
10. Robert Frost poem Dust of Snow
11. Robert Frost poem Fire and Ice

📖 1. Faith and Lencho’s letter to God

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Lencho : A farmer who relies on his crops and responds to disaster by writing a letter to God.
• Letter to God : A written request Lencho sends to God asking for money after his crops are ruined.
• Faith : A belief that something unseen can act, shown in the story through the characters’ trust in God.
• Money order : A postal service form used to send a fixed amount of money through the post office.

📝 Essential Points