Shoeless Joe | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa Abstract

* Ray Kinsella is an Iowa corn farmer who hears a voice telling him only, "If you build it, he will come."

They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964 Abstract

* Ray has a vision of his childhood hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, playing on a baseball field...
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