Week 8 Brain Teasers for English

1. Choose one question for your BT entry:

• Have you ever known a mentally retarded person? Describe the experience you had and how you felt abound the person. Describe how the person looked, moved, talked, etc.
• What do you expect a mentally retarded person to look like? What do you expect him/her to do? What kind of personality traits might the person have? How do you think you would feel if you were talking to a mentally retarded person?

2. What does the word foreshadowing mean? How does an author use foreshadowing to engage the reader?

3. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in both Chapters 1 & 2. Write a paragraph on some specific examples of foreshadowing. Predict what you think will happen further into the story.

4. Analyze Carlson's reasons for and Candy's reasons again shooting Candy's dog. What is the central message of their conflict?