Jonah

Jonah Summary: In this story, Jonah sets out to go to Tarshish. He goes to Jappa and finds a ship that is going to Tarshish and he went. A huge storm comes and the ship threatens to break. They were scared and they were thinking of ways to lighten the ship. They tried throwing everything over board. The men on the ship questioned Jonah because he had told them he was trying to run away from God so Jonah says to throw him over because it’s his fault the storm came. However God gave Jonah a fish to swallow Jonah to save him. After a few days once Jonah had prayed to God the fish spit him out into a place called Nineveh. Discussion questions: 1) Why does Jonah say it’s his fault the storm came? 2) Why is he mad when the Lord spares Nineveh? 3) What is the lesson that Jonah is learning from the Lord? 4) How long is Jonah inside the fish? Supplementary: A similarity between the story Jonah and the poem is that they talk about being destroyed. Outside: While I was looking for a picture, I found out that it was a whale that swallowed Jonah.

Quiz questions: 1) What does calamity mean? (Vocab word) 2) What is Nineveh? 3) What is the bush for? 4) Where is Tarshish located 5) What does sackcloth mean?