Tangerine

"Tangerine" by Edward Bloor Paul Fisher is legally blind. He wears glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien, and kids tell a story about how he blinded himself by staring at an eclipse of the sun. But Paul doesn’t remember doing that. And he doesn’t mind the glasses, because with them he can see. Can see that his parents’ constant praise of his brother Erik, the football star, is to cover up something that is terribly wrong. But no one listens to Paul. Until his family moves to Tangerine.

Tangerine is like another planet, where weird is normal. Lightning strikes at the same time every day. Underground fires burn for years. A sinkhole swallows a local school. And Paul the geek finds himself adopted into the toughest group around–the soccer team of his middle school. Suddenly the blind can see, geeks can be cool, and–maybe–a twelve-year-old kid can finally face up to his terrifying older brother. In Tangerine, it seems, anything is possible.

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__**Tangerine Novel Unit- English 8**__

Do Prereading Activities #1 and #2 In class: Read pages 1-32 Do Part 1 (Pages 1-32) study guide questions 1-25 Do Vocabulary Web for the following words- **calisthenics, serfs**
 * Day 1**
 * Homework:**

Discuss and correct work In class: Read pages 32-64 Do Part 1 (Pages 32-64) study guide questions 1-27 Do Vocabulary Web for the following words- **torque, benefactor**
 * Day 2**
 * Homework:**

Discuss and correct work In class: Read pages 64-92 Do Part 1 (Pages 64-92) study guide questions 1-19 Do Vocabulary Web for the following words- **Fraulein, rosary**
 * Day 3**
 * Homework:**

Discuss and correct work Read pages 95-123
 * Day 4**
 * COMPREHENSION QUIZ #1**

Do Part 2 (Pages 95-123) study guide questions 1-14 Do Vocabulary Web for the following words- **berserk, jeering**
 * Day 5**
 * Homework:**

Discuss and correct work In class: Read pages 123-155 Do Part 2 (Pages 123-155) study guide questions 1-21 Do Vocabulary Web for the following words- **alcove, dilapidated**
 * Day 6**
 * Homework:**

Discuss and correct work In class: Read pages 156-194 Do Part 2 (Pages 156-194) study guide questions 1-28 Do Vocabulary Web for the following words- **Quonset Hut, vehemently**
 * Day 7**
 * Homework:**

Discuss and correct work In class: Read pages 197-230
 * Day 8**
 * COMPREHENSION QUIZ #2**

Do Part 3 (Pages 197-230) study guide questions 1-23 Do Vocabulary Web for the following words- **contort, insolently**
 * Day 9**
 * Homework:**

Discuss and correct work In class: Read pages 230-262 Do Part 3 (Pages 230-262) study guide questions 1-19 Do Vocabulary Web for the following words- **apparition, prostrate**
 * Day 10**
 * Homework:**

Discuss and correct work In class: Read pages 262-294 Do Part 3 (Pages 262-294) study guide questions 1-22 Do Vocabulary Web for the following words- **notarized, restitution**
 * Day 11**
 * Homework:**

Discuss and correct work Do After Reading Activities: Activity #12 Sequencing Activity #14 Conflict Activity #18 Foreshadowing
 * Day 12**
 * COMPREHENSION QUIZ #3 (Open books and notes)**

Discuss and correct work FINAL TEST
 * Day 13**

Final Project:

//Tangerine// by Edward Bloor, Final project choices:

 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.