Tangerine
by Edward Bloor
Assignment 1
1. Read pages 1-33 ending at Monday, August 28th
2. Respond to the following questions:
-What is the setting of the story?
-What characters have you met so far?
-How does the author depict Mom's character in the beginning of the story?
-What do you think Paul is implying about the "zombie" slowly making its way down Interstate 10? What do you think the zombie symbolizes?
-Tell me what you think Paul mean when he says, "I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can't. Or won't."
-Paul mentions a huge bird of prey circling overhead. What does this suggest about Paul's vision both literally and symbolically?
3. Post a response to the discussion thread on Ed modo
4. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
5. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 1 is due on Thursday, September 27th
Assignment 2
1. Read pages 33-65 ending at Friday, September 8th
2. Respond to the following questions:
-Why did Erik's friend call Paul eclipse boy?
-What does Paul notice in old family photographs?
-Paul writers, "Now Mike is dead. But the dream lives on." What does he mean by this statement?
3. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
4. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 2 is due on
Assignment 3
1. Read pages 65-94
2. Respond to the question that corresponds to the color that you were given as you walked in the classroom today:
-What is happening to all of the portables?
-How does the sinkhole affect Paul's life? What might the sinkhole symbolize?
-How do you think Paul feels when Gino tells him that the rules about soccer eligibility have been bent for other people in the past?
-Why does Paul say that the heavens opened up for him?
3. Identify your group members using the number on your index. For example, all of the students who have an index card with the number 1 will meet with one another, and all of the students who have an index card with the number 2 will meet with one another, and so forth and so on.
4. Discuss today's questions and each other's responses.
5. Come to an agreement on one response for each question for the entire group.
6. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
7. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 3 is due on
Assignment 4
1. Read pages 95-124 ending at Friday, September 22nd later
2. Respond to the following questions:
-What does the coach mean when he says, "There's no way this team can beat you. You can only beat yourselves."?
-Why does Paul want Theresa to show Joey around on Monday?
-What are the differences between the students who attend Lake Windsor and the students who attend Tangerine Middle?
3. Discuss your responses with your group members.
4. As a group, complete the Venn Diagram.
5. Be prepared to discuss today's reading, your group's Venn Diagram and to participate in today's discussion.
6. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 4 is due on
Assignment 5
1. Read pages 125-155 ending at Wednesday, October 4th
2. Respond to the question that corresponds to the color that was given to you for Assignment 3
-Why does Paul think that his parents would watch him play if he played football instead of soccer?
-How do you think Joey should have handled Victor when he was giving him a hard time? How should Paul have acted?
-Why does Joey think that Tino is bad news?
-What could all of the neighborhood's problems symbolize?
3. Identify your group members using the number on your index. For example, all of the students who have an index card with the number 1 will meet with one another, and all of the students who have an index card with the number 2 will meet with one another, and so forth and so on.
4. Discuss today's questions and each other's responses.
5. Come to an agreement on one response for each question for the entire group.
6. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
7. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 5 is due on
Assignment 6
1. Read pages 155-199
2. Meet with your group from Assignment 5 to discuss and respond to the following questions:
-Do you think that Joey belongs at Lake Windsor like Paul said?
-What kinds of things does Paul say he can see with his new glasses that his parents cannot see? What does Paul mean?
-What does Paul mean and what is he referring to when he says that they are all becoming big fish in a little pond?
-What does the coach mean when she says, "If you retaliate, you're playing their game. If you get focused on soccer, you're playing our game"?
-What does Paul mean when he says that the homes in Lake Windsor are as phony as the Erik Fisher Football Hero Smile?
3. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to particpate in today's discussion.
4. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 6 is due on
Assignment 7
1. Read pages 203-230 ending at Friday, November 24th
2. Respond to the following questions:
-What does Paul see in Erik's eyes after Erik hits Tino? Why does Erik look at him that way?
-What does Paul mean when he says that he is "sick to his soul"?
-Describe the difference between how Erik and Paul treat people.
-What does Paul mean when he says that he cannot remember why he feels so weird, at least "not yet"?
3. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
4. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 7 is due on
Assignment 8
1. Read pages 230-266 ending at Saturday, December 2nd
2. Meet with your group from Assignment 6 to discuss and respond to the following questions:
-How does Paul know something goes wrong on Monday? What do you think Paul hoped would happen?
-Who figures out what is happening to the fish? Why is this significant?
-What goes through Paul's head when he hears that Luis' aneurysm was caused by a blow to the head?
-What does Paul mean when he says that Luis' family knows the truth; their lives are not built around bits and pieces of the truth?
-What really happened to Paul's eyes? Did you find it surprising when it was revealed who was responsible for this? Why or why not?
3. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
4. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 8 is due on
Assignment 9
1. Read pages 266-303
2. Respond to the following questions:
-What spurs Antoine to action and what does he do?
-Now that the Sports Commission has nullified all games that Antoine was involved in, what will happen to the Erick Fisher Football Dream?
-How do Mom, Dad and Mr. and Mrs. Bauer handle the meeting about the stolen items? Do you agree or disagree with the way they handled the situation? What would you have done if you were in their position?
-Why do you think Paul chooses to tell the police all the information?
-How do truth and lies function in the story?
-What happens to Paul, Tino and Victor? Do you believe they are given a fair punishment, why or why not?
3. Be prepared to discuss today;s reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
4. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 9 is due on
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Additional Assignments
Vocabulary Assignment is due on
Final Project is due on
Final Test is on
Assignment 1
1. Read pages 1-33 ending at Monday, August 28th
2. Respond to the following questions:
-What is the setting of the story?
-What characters have you met so far?
-How does the author depict Mom's character in the beginning of the story?
-What do you think Paul is implying about the "zombie" slowly making its way down Interstate 10? What do you think the zombie symbolizes?
-Tell me what you think Paul mean when he says, "I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can't. Or won't."
-Paul mentions a huge bird of prey circling overhead. What does this suggest about Paul's vision both literally and symbolically?
3. Post a response to the discussion thread on Ed modo
4. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
5. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 1 is due on Thursday, September 27th
Assignment 2
1. Read pages 33-65 ending at Friday, September 8th
2. Respond to the following questions:
-Why did Erik's friend call Paul eclipse boy?
-What does Paul notice in old family photographs?
-Paul writers, "Now Mike is dead. But the dream lives on." What does he mean by this statement?
3. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
4. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 2 is due on
Assignment 3
1. Read pages 65-94
2. Respond to the question that corresponds to the color that you were given as you walked in the classroom today:
-What is happening to all of the portables?
-How does the sinkhole affect Paul's life? What might the sinkhole symbolize?
-How do you think Paul feels when Gino tells him that the rules about soccer eligibility have been bent for other people in the past?
-Why does Paul say that the heavens opened up for him?
3. Identify your group members using the number on your index. For example, all of the students who have an index card with the number 1 will meet with one another, and all of the students who have an index card with the number 2 will meet with one another, and so forth and so on.
4. Discuss today's questions and each other's responses.
5. Come to an agreement on one response for each question for the entire group.
6. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
7. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 3 is due on
Assignment 4
1. Read pages 95-124 ending at Friday, September 22nd later
2. Respond to the following questions:
-What does the coach mean when he says, "There's no way this team can beat you. You can only beat yourselves."?
-Why does Paul want Theresa to show Joey around on Monday?
-What are the differences between the students who attend Lake Windsor and the students who attend Tangerine Middle?
3. Discuss your responses with your group members.
4. As a group, complete the Venn Diagram.
5. Be prepared to discuss today's reading, your group's Venn Diagram and to participate in today's discussion.
6. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 4 is due on
Assignment 5
1. Read pages 125-155 ending at Wednesday, October 4th
2. Respond to the question that corresponds to the color that was given to you for Assignment 3
-Why does Paul think that his parents would watch him play if he played football instead of soccer?
-How do you think Joey should have handled Victor when he was giving him a hard time? How should Paul have acted?
-Why does Joey think that Tino is bad news?
-What could all of the neighborhood's problems symbolize?
3. Identify your group members using the number on your index. For example, all of the students who have an index card with the number 1 will meet with one another, and all of the students who have an index card with the number 2 will meet with one another, and so forth and so on.
4. Discuss today's questions and each other's responses.
5. Come to an agreement on one response for each question for the entire group.
6. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
7. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 5 is due on
Assignment 6
1. Read pages 155-199
2. Meet with your group from Assignment 5 to discuss and respond to the following questions:
-Do you think that Joey belongs at Lake Windsor like Paul said?
-What kinds of things does Paul say he can see with his new glasses that his parents cannot see? What does Paul mean?
-What does Paul mean and what is he referring to when he says that they are all becoming big fish in a little pond?
-What does the coach mean when she says, "If you retaliate, you're playing their game. If you get focused on soccer, you're playing our game"?
-What does Paul mean when he says that the homes in Lake Windsor are as phony as the Erik Fisher Football Hero Smile?
3. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to particpate in today's discussion.
4. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 6 is due on
Assignment 7
1. Read pages 203-230 ending at Friday, November 24th
2. Respond to the following questions:
-What does Paul see in Erik's eyes after Erik hits Tino? Why does Erik look at him that way?
-What does Paul mean when he says that he is "sick to his soul"?
-Describe the difference between how Erik and Paul treat people.
-What does Paul mean when he says that he cannot remember why he feels so weird, at least "not yet"?
3. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
4. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 7 is due on
Assignment 8
1. Read pages 230-266 ending at Saturday, December 2nd
2. Meet with your group from Assignment 6 to discuss and respond to the following questions:
-How does Paul know something goes wrong on Monday? What do you think Paul hoped would happen?
-Who figures out what is happening to the fish? Why is this significant?
-What goes through Paul's head when he hears that Luis' aneurysm was caused by a blow to the head?
-What does Paul mean when he says that Luis' family knows the truth; their lives are not built around bits and pieces of the truth?
-What really happened to Paul's eyes? Did you find it surprising when it was revealed who was responsible for this? Why or why not?
3. Be prepared to discuss today's reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
4. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 8 is due on
Assignment 9
1. Read pages 266-303
2. Respond to the following questions:
-What spurs Antoine to action and what does he do?
-Now that the Sports Commission has nullified all games that Antoine was involved in, what will happen to the Erick Fisher Football Dream?
-How do Mom, Dad and Mr. and Mrs. Bauer handle the meeting about the stolen items? Do you agree or disagree with the way they handled the situation? What would you have done if you were in their position?
-Why do you think Paul chooses to tell the police all the information?
-How do truth and lies function in the story?
-What happens to Paul, Tino and Victor? Do you believe they are given a fair punishment, why or why not?
3. Be prepared to discuss today;s reading as well as to participate in today's discussion.
4. Complete your vocabulary assignment for today's reading.
Assignment 9 is due on
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Additional Assignments
Vocabulary Assignment is due on
Final Project is due on
Final Test is on