The Meaning of Matthew Quote Journal
Name: ______
The Meaning of Matthew Quote Journal
For the first ten chapters of the book, you will be keeping a quote journal. You will respond to ten quotes, seven provided below and three of your choosing.
Directions
For each quote, you need to do the following:
Label the quotes with chapter and page number.
Explain each quote in 3 ways and number each part:
- What was going on in the chapter when this text was written
- Explain the quote’s significance in the book: How does it fit in? Why is it important?
- Explain the quote’s significance to your life or to society. How is it universal to anyone’s experience?
* You will use the side-by-side journal that is provided for you.
* I will be looking that you addressed all 3 specifics. Each response has a point value.
Quote Journal
Ch. One, p. ______
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Ch. Two, pp. 14-15
“Sometimes, I find it very difficult and, at times, incredibly uncomfortable to express my feelings or show my emotions, whether it’s to a room full of strangers or a handful of friends….Soul searching, heartbreaking memories, and my grief are all very private affairs for me.”
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Ch. Three, pp. 28-29
His high school friends later told me that the best thing about talking with Matt was the way he made everyone feel that they were the only ones in the world at that moment - that he was focused entirely on them, that he really listened to them. My mother told Matt, ‘The Lord gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason.’
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Ch. Three, p. 35
“...I think my biggest fear was that people would treat him differently or even hurt him.”
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Ch. Four, p. 48
“I imagine that he had to expend so much energy at school, either trying to figure out why he was different from the other students or trying to disguise the fact that he was different, that the only time he could really let down his guard was when he was home with us.”
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Ch. Five, pp. 56-57
“But those three men in Morocco stole more from Matt that night than his shirt and his shoes. They took his confidence, his optimism, and his sense of purpose and place in the world.”
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Ch. Five, p. 62
“Some folks think being gay is only about having sex with someone of the same gender, and that’s the last thing many people want to think about. Now that I’ve become friends with so many gay people, my eyes have opened to the fact that, straight or gay, sexual orientation is about so much more than just who you go to bed with. It’s about relationships. Relationships that are like any other. It can be joyous and sad and sometimes unsuccessful. But like so many other people, it took me awhile to figure that out.”
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Ch. Seven, p. 82
“Matt sometimes stood in his own way.”
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Ch. Eight - Ten
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Ch. Eight - Ten
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