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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

EOF Class #7, July 12, 2011

Module: Go to the computer lab. Read the this article. Then either write (or create notes for) Journal #5 to answer the following questions.

1. Do you agree or disagree with the author? Why or why not?
2. How does the "passion" described here contrast with the "passion" we see in SJ  by Ray and Jerry? Use MUST use specific reference from the book to make your point.

You will HALF the module to complete this task. The other half we will spend as a class discussing the novel (namely Chapter 2 and this assignment).

Assignments: You will be responsible for Chapter 3 by Thursday
Also, please read "Dentaphilia" by Julie Slavin. Then, answer all or one of the questions below as Journal #6.

1. What does the story ultimately mean?


2. What do the teeth symbolize? Why?

3. How is Helen's story one of self-discovery and identity?

4. Is this is sad story? Why or why not (please go deeper than Helen's death)?

5. In what ways is this a story about relationships? What is it specifically trying to say about them?


SHOELESS JOE Chapter 3 Study Guide Questions:

Chapter 3, “The Life and Times of Moonlight Graham”


1. What does Jerry mean when he says that he and Ray are “dialed to the same frequency”? (p 105)

2. What did Jerry hear that Ray did not? (p 105 – 106)

3. Why are they headed to Cooperstown, NY? (p 106 – 107)

4. Who is Eddie Scissors? (p 114 – 118)

5. What pattern soon develops when Ray and Jerry ask people in Chisholm, MN, about Doc Graham (aka Moonlight Graham)? (p 126 – 130)

6. What happens when Ray wakes up in the middle of the night and walks from the motel into town? (p 136 – 138)

7. How did Graham get the nickname “Moonlight”? (p 141 – 143)

8. How does Ray react when Doc Graham questions him as to why he’s so interested in him? (p 149)

9. How does Doc Graham finally respond to Ray’s question about his “one wish”? (p 151)

10. Who is the hitchhiker Ray and Jerry pick up on their way out of town? Where’s he going? (p 157)

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