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Tangerine Assignment-Mixed Science
Before you read:
1. Pick 4 of the following topics and write a paragraph about what you already know regarding the
topic. You should have 4 paragraphs when you are complete:
a. Moving
b. Sink holes
c. Cold temperatures effect on crops
d. Muck fires
e. Soccer
f. Treating siblings equally
g. Legally blind people
h. Football players
i. Lightning strikes
j. Citrus growing
k. Football scholarships
l. Mosquitoes
2. Pick one of the following questions and write a 3-5 sentence response:
a. Many people say sports help build character in young people. What do you think?
b. Do you think Male and Female Athletes should play on the same team?
c. Are Males and Female athletes treated differently? Provide examples.
d. Should people with visual handicaps be allowed to play sports in public school? Provide
reasons to back up your answer.
3. Write whether you agree or disagree with each statement and give one reason why you agree or
disagree:
a. You can always see the truth with your eyes.
b. First impressions are always correct.
c. Soccer is a boy’s sport.
d. If you are legally blind, you can still play sports.
e. A hero is someone who tells the truth even when it’s hard.
f. The hardest problems in life happen on the inside, not the outside, of a person.
g. Abuse only happens when someone hurts you physically.
h. If you have a disability, you can’t be cool.
i. Healthy relationships are based on open communication.
j. Parents always do the right thing.
Intro (pages 1-4)
1. Read the Intro.
2. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading the intro:
a. Dumpster behind the 7-Eleven
b. Hauled it out to the curb
c. Swizzle stick
d. Evidence
e. Magnifying glass
f. Something about them fascinated me
g. Receding line of clack mailboxes
h. Dinnertime
i. Animal predator
j. Snarling
k. Recognized
l. Tilted up my sports goggles
m. Clear and detailed
n. Passenger window
o. Baseball bat
p. Impossible speed
q. Pedaled as hard as I could
r. Glance into my bike mirror
s. I scrambled back up
t. Ran in absolute terror
3. Draw a picture to show something that happened in the intro.
8/18 & 8/19 (pages 7-16)
1. Read pages 7-16.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. What did the Florida landscape look like to Paul?
b. Describe what happens after a citrus grower sells land to a developer.
c. What does Mr. Fisher’s boss frequently do? Why?
d. What is the Erik Fisher Football Dream?
e. What did Paul think about the lightning?
f. What are muck fires?
g. What are some indications or signs that your house is on fire?
h. Is there a way to stop a muck fire?
i. Why was Ms. Fisher (Paul’s mom) angry with the Firefighter?
3. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 7-16:
a. Perfectly aligned
b. Vertically and horizontally
c. Industrial park
d. Huge bonfire of trees
e. Retraced my steps
f. Groped around for my glasses
g. Portable Phone
h. A look of pure puzzlement
i.
Homeowner’s Association
August 19, later-August 21 (pages 17-27)
1. Read pages 17-27.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. Describe a vicious thunderstorm
b. What are koi?
c. Where do the koi live?
d. Where do you like to stroll?
e. What is the name of the football team Erik will play on?
f. What does “number two on the depth chart” mean?
g. “Erik was a phony as he needed to be.” Do you agree or disagree that Erik acted like a
phony? Provide reasons.
h. What are high-tension wires?
i. Why was Paul angry at his mom?
j. What things upset Paul’s mom about the move to Florida?
August 23-August 28 (pages 28-39)
1. Read pages 28-39.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. Is Erik a good football player? Provide details from the book.
b. Why did Paul tell his mom to lighten up? Provide at least two examples.
c. Draw a timeline which illustrates Paul’s first day of school.
d. Paul thought, “I was the boy who had not listened….” Tell one similar thing you hear
from adults in your life at home or in school. Do you believe the warning is true? Why?
e. Create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast Paul’s experience with Ms. Alvarez and
Mrs. Hoffman.
August 30-August 31 (pages 39-46)
1. Read pages 39-46.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. As a follow up with the last chapter, look up a solar eclipse of the sun. Try
http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html (links to eye safety on the bottom of
the page). Tell 3 facts about an eclipse you learned. What can happen to your eyes if
you stare at one?
b. Explain why Arthur will do anything for Erik.
c. Look for pictures of Tudor houses. What makes a house a Tudor?
d. Paul tells Joey about lightning strikes in their neighborhood. Do you agree or disagree?
Use examples from the text.
September 1 (pages 46-49)
1. Read pages 46-49.
2. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 46-49:
a. We’re wilting
b. Suit yourself
c. In a raspy voice
d. A scattering of laughter
e. I must emphasize
f. Restrictions due to insurance
g. Calisthenics
h. Checked out my goggles
i. Rolled wide of the goal
j. He seemed genuinely surprised
3. How do you think soccer practice/tryouts were went for Paul? Provide at least 3 details in your
response.
September 5-September 6 (pages 50-55)
1. Read pages 50-55.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. Create a timeline of the events of Mike Costello’s death ending with the time the
ambulance arrived.
b. Why were Erik and Arthur laughing?
c. What do you think about Erik the next day when he “Calmly, deliberately, …drilled his
field goals ….”?
d. Why do you think Paul would feel safer if Erik was the body at the undertakers instead
of Mike Costello?
3. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 50-55:
a. Soccer practice was a colossal drag
b. Clueless toe stubbers
c. Urged everybody who knows Joey to send a card to the family
d. Mom is determined to call the parents
September 7 (pages 55-61)
1. Read pages 55-61.
2. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 55-61:
a. She was interrupted by a call
b. Down the perimeter road
c. This tragic accident is the worst thing
d. His loss is a personal loss for me
e. Plant a tree in his memory in our entranceway
3. Create a Venn diagram to compare Mrs. Fisher’s reasons to stop afternoon football practice
with Coach Warner’s reasons.
September 8-September 8, later (pages 61-70)
1. Read pages 61-70.
2. Answer the following comprehension question:
a. Do you agree or disagree with Coach Walski’s move to kick Paul off the soccer team?
Provide examples from the book.
3. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 61-70:
a. He got even sorrier a few seconds later
b. Visually impaired
c. Straighten this out
d. Obituary in the Tangerine Times
e. I squeezed into my blue suit
f. Scared feeling in the pit of my stomach
g. White satin interior
h. Who was crying uncontrollably
4. Explain the author’s purpose about including the section on Mike Costello’s public viewing.
September 9-September 11 (pages 70-84)
1. Read pages 70-84.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions (a-b are pages 70-76, c-d are pages 76-84):
a. Do you agree or disagree with the coach’s decision to hold practice on the day of Mike’s
funeral? Provide details for you reasons
b. What is your first impression of the guys from Tangerine Middle School?
c. Describe what happened with the sinkhole.
d. What might you do if our school had a sink hole?
3. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 70-84:
a. Passed through a turnstile
b. Looked like a swinging-ax pendulum
c. I was really fascinated as I prowled through the dark, partitioned rooms
September 11, later-September 12 (pages 84-87)
1. Read pages 84-87.
2. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 84-87:
a. Live footage shot by a helicopter
b. How small the crater was
c. Fifty yards
d. Minor injuries
e. Overnight for observation
f. Portable 19 rescue brigade
g. Geologist
h. Underground cavern
i. Everything on the surface above it collapsed
j. Massive damage
k. Angry and agitated
l. She’s hysterical
3. The field of portables was declared a disaster area. Describe something you know about that
could be called a disaster area.
September 14-September 15 (pages 87-94)
1. Read pages 87-94.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. Tell the reasons why Mr. Fisher was made the new Director of Civil Engineering for
Tangerine County. Do you agree? Why or why not?
b. What school choice might you make after attending the emergency relocation plan
meeting?
c. How do you feel about Paul’s comments to his father? “Football season and soccer
season happen at the same time, Dad. It’s OK with me if you can’t pay attention to
both……”
September 18 (pages 97-105)
1. Read pages 97-105.
2. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 97-105:
a. Take two
b. Menacing-looking gangs
c. First impression
d. It was pretty much downhill after that
e. It was eerie
f. Cafetorium
g. Disinfectant smell
h. Start the scrimmage
i. A vintage green one
j. Plaid work shirt
k. A panicked feeling
l. Closed my eyes in despair
3. Use your own thoughts to answer this question after reading up through page 105. Do you
think Paul will be happy at Tangerine Middle School? Why or why not?
September 19 and September 20(pages 106-116)
1. Read pages 106-116.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. Why did the soccer players give Paul a hard time during lunch?
b. The coach stopped the combatants - Tino and Victor. Why were they fighting?
c. Why did Paul relive everything that happened at lunchtime and at practice on the way
home from school?
d. Now what do you think about Joey and his brother’s shoes?
3. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 106116:
a. Accelerating, braking, and sliding through the mud
b. Driven around from the perimeter road
September 22 (pages 116-126)
1. Read pages 116-126.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. Why are sports like war? Use examples from the text to support your personal thoughts
and reasons.
b. The coach tells them, “There’s no way this team can beat you. You can only beat
yourselves.” Explain.
c. What was Victor essentially saying when he told Paul, “If you’re a War Eagle, then
you’re a War Eagle. You got brothers to back you up…..”?
September 23-September 26 (pages 126-140)
1. Read pages 126-140.
2. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 126140:
a. They were milling around both end zones
b. They gestured back to the others
c. Like they were pantomiming
d. A squadron of police cruisers
e. A soggy cheer
3. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. What do you think about Antoine’s pulling the ball away and the events that followed?
b. Describe something that happened in the Tangerine soccer game that impressed you.
September 27-October 3 (pages 140-155)
1. Read pages 140-155.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. What kind of inappropriate questions does Paul’s mom ask?
b. What kind of information do you think the newspaper should print about Tangerine
Middle’s soccer team?
c. Why are Paul and Joey not getting along?
d. Describe the Golden Dawn tangerine.
e. Should Paul stay with his science group? Why or why not?
October 4-November 4 (pages 155-176)
1. Read pages 155-176.
2. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 155176:
a. Down in an alcove
b. Fax modem and web navigator
c. Spewing insecticide
d. Quonset hut
e. Genius at horticulture
3. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. What do lightning rods do?
b. Name and describe at least 3 troubles the Lake Windsor Downs Homeowners
Association is facing.
c. What goes on in Tomas Cruz Groves/Nursery?
d. How is Paul getting along with his soccer team?
November 5-10 (pages 176-199)
1. Read pages 176-199.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. What is Mr. Donnelly’s agenda?
b. What rules would you make for teams who cannot play in bad weather?
c. What event is memorable for you from the Lake Windsor/Tangerine soccer game and
why?
d. Predict what might happen in Part 3
November 20-November 21 (pages 203-212)
1. Read pages 203-212.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. Paul wandered back into his yard, sick to his soul. What does that mean? Why do you
think he was sick to his soul?
b. Why do you think Paul could not tell his parents about Tino and Erik or the truth about
Joey?
c. Arthur hit Luis with the blackjack. Was if justified? Why?
d. Do you think Erik will be different after football season ends? Why or why not?
November 23 (pages 212-230)
1. Read pages 212-230.
2. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 212230:
a. The cold in Florida versus the cold in Ohio
b. Got the extension
c. Unseasonably cold weather
d. I’m going out to the storage bin
e. Clutching their book bags to their bodies
f. Unflinching, like a northern kid
g. Filling up smudge pots
h. The battle would resume at sunset
i. Panic-stricken
j. Like a Thanksgiving wishbone
k. Vertical orange tank
l. Maybe I was an afterthought
m. Line of metal contraptions
n. “Tu saves.” he replied.
o. We emerged from the old grove
p. He paused for emphasis
q. A rickety corrugated-iron shed
r. Fierce and increasingly desperate battle
s. Belching foul-smelling smoke
t. We all trudged obediently
u. His hand moved automatically
3. Compare Paul’s work in the groves with the most difficult task you tackled. Create a chart with
at least 5 comparisons.
November 24-November 27 (pages 230-244)
1. Read pages 230-244.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. Why did Erik and Arthur look like fools in the final football game? Find an example from
the text to answer this question.
b. What did Mr. Fisher NOT know about Paul’s soccer playing?
c. Answer with your own words – Why do you think Paul passed out?
3. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 230244:
a. Looked at me with a pained expression
b. An unsurveyed construction site
November 28-November 30 (pages 244-252)
1. Read pages 244-252.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. What killed Luis?
b. What do YOU think Paul will do about Luis’ death?
c. Why did Teresa tell Paul not to go to Luis’ funeral?
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
What do you think Paul was doing with his suit in the back yard?
Why does Paul put on the suit that he wore to Mike Costello’s funeral?
What must he be feeling like if he says, “I must have looked like an idiot.?”
Now that Paul sees the dirt, what does he realize?
What does the dirt represent?
How is Paul’s experience in these chapters like a funeral?
Can Paul see that others can’t?
December 1 (pages 252-265)
1. Read pages 252-265.
2. Arrange the things that happened at the Senior Awards night below in chronological order by
creating your own time line:
a. Paul saw Tino and Victor
b. Erik received a vicious karate kick
c. Joey and Paul cleaned up the spilled dirt
d. The chorus and band sang “Try to Remember”
e. They hefted the trailer up and off the truck hitch
f. Paul landed on Coach Warner’s back
g. Paul got a program from the girl in Student Council
h. Arrive at gym at 6:30
i. Paul declared, “I’m not afraid of you, Erik. Come on.”
j. Coach Warner bellowed, “Grab them! Grab them!”
k. Paul took another sick day and stayed home from school
l. Paul saw Kerri and Cara in the bleachers
m. Paul remembered what Erik and Vincent Castro did to his eyes
n. Tino and Victor walked briskly down the sideline
o. Paul saw Erik holding a baseball bat
p. Paul pointed at Arthur and said, “I saw you kill Luis Cruz.”
q. Paul’s mom told him they wanted to find a way to keep him from hating his brother
December 2-December 3 (pages 265-288)
1. Read pages 265-288.
2. Answer the following comprehension questions:
a. Why was Antoine at the house of the reporter, Mr. Donnelly?
b. What was the Lake Windsor Football Scandal?
c. Do you think it is fair for Antoine to give up his records?
d. Was the news about the robberies a surprise to you? Why or why not? Provide details
from the story.
e. What do you think the grandfather said to Erik when he went upstairs?
December 4-6 (pages 289-the end)
1. Read pages 289-the end.
2. Either discuss or define the following vocabulary words and phrases after reading pages 289-the
end:
a. Mom drove tensely, silently, angrily
b. Like a slowly developing Polaroid
c. None of the gangstas were hanging out
d. Shaking her head at my absolute stupidity
e. We weren’t disrespecting his brother
f. Opened the door and signaled
g. Options available to you
h. I’ve never been anything but a nerd
i. Who actually assaulted the guy
j. Pulled up chairs in the alcove
k. Jagged and red peaked
3. Answer the following comprehension questions with your own thoughts and words:
a. Do you think Paul should have been expelled from school for what he did? Why or why
not?
b. Predict Paul’s future – what will he do next year?
c. Predict Erik’s future – what will he do next year?
d. Write a short paragraph telling what you think about the book.
Final Activities (Each activity is worth 20 points, other than #6 and #8, which is worth 50 each).
*Everyone must do number 6 and number 8. You get to pick what other 5 activities you would like to
complete. If you do an additional activity, you will earn 25 bonus points.*
1. Use the World Wide Web to research lightning safety and read personal lightning-strike survivor
stories. Web sites that might be used include Lightning Storms /
https://thunderstorm.vaisala.com/ and Kids Lightning Information and Safety /
http://www.azstarnet.com/~anubis/zaphome.htm. Create a poster, paper, brochure, or some
type of visual representation to go along with your research.
2. Write interview questions for a coach at the school. Conduct the interview and report back in
the format of a newspaper column in the sports section. Example questions might be: (a) How
do you know that one of your athletes would be a possible college prospect? (b) How do you get
your star athletes recruited by college athletic teams? (c) Would you advise your star athletes to
skip college and go straight to the pros? (d) Do you think attending one school over another will
give athletes more publicity as happens in this novel?
3. Use the World Wide Web to compare and contrast the rules of football and soccer. Create a
poster, paper, brochure, graph, or some type of visual representation to go along with your
research.
4. Create a chart listing the pros and cons of Paul’s family and another for Louis’ family using a
Microsoft Word table or Excel. Write responses explaining which family you would like to belong
and give your reasons why. Base this on the list of pros and cons.
5. Create a journal describing a student’s feelings and reactions to Paul’s experiences as if they
were happening to you. Go back and skim for the sections that were most meaningful to you
and respond to them.
6. Answer the following questions regarding the story:
a. Some might say that Tangerine is about appearances - that if things look good from the
outside, then everything will be okay. What do you think about that idea? Where do you
see it in the book?
b. Why does Erik behave as he does?
c. Would you like to live in Paul's community? Why or why not? What is strange about it?
d. Who would you rather have for a brother: Erik? Mike? Luis? Why?
e. What are your impressions of Paul's mother? How did she change by the end of the
book?
f. Paul's mother calls Paul legally blind. Think about the idea of seeing things -- seeing past
stereotypes and into people's hearts. How was Paul able to do this? What did he see?
g. How is Joey's experience at Tangerine Middle School different from Paul's? Why do you
think that is?
h. Were you surprised when Luis died?
i. Would you have kept the paint incident from Paul if you were his parents? How do you
think he felt?
j. Did Erik get the punishment he deserved? Why or why not?
k. Do you feel hopeful for Paul at the end of the book?
l. Is Paul a hero? Why or why not?
m. Tangerine is Edward Bloor's first novel. Would you read another by him? Why or why
not?
n. Compare the covers of the paperback and the hardcover. Which one do you like better?
Which cover is more appealing? Why do you think they made the changes they did?
o. What does Paul learn about the difference between appearance and reality?
p. Do you think you can tell what someone is like by the color of their skin, where they live,
or what language they speak? Why or why not?
7. Choose six characters from the book that you think might be heroes. Record in a chart their
name and events or details that show those characters are heroes. Include the page number
where you find the events or details in the book.
8. Make a collage of what you think represents a hero. You can include pictures of who you think
heroes are and reasons why they are heroes. Think about the appearance of a hero vs. the
reality of a hero.
9. Tell about an experience when you were told you couldn’t do something that you knew you
could do. Explain it in a full 5 paragraph essay.
10. Write an obituary for Luis.
11. Create a PowerPoint presentation that answers the following questions:
a. Who are the main characters in the novel?
b. What are their characteristics?
c. What motivates them?
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d. What do they think/feel?
Create a list of 10 questions that you would ask a female college soccer player. Think about the
realities in the life of a female athlete while you are creating your questions.
Write a poem about one of the main characters from their point of view.
Pretending to be Paul, write a witness account for Sergeant Rojas. Include details about Luis
and Erik.
Write a poem showing the difference in reality between two characters in the novel.
Create a PowerPoint presentation that answers the following questions:
a. What is a symbol?
b. What are the symbols in the novel?
c. What do they represent?
d. How do the symbols in the novel show the relationship between appearance and
reality?