Tangerine

by: Edward Bloor

Introduction

 Sign Out Novels

Online Journal

Online Journal.docx

 Anticipation Guide

Anticipation Guide- Pre-Reading Activity.docx  

Journal Entry: Given the following clues, write a paragraph predicting what you think will happen in the story.

*sibling rivalry              *loyalty             *winning               *friendship             *cruelty

Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: Within your groups correctly identify each vocabulary word to the correct definition and part of speech.  When you are finished with the hunt, be sure to save your completed table to your –H drive as vocabulary scavenger hunt because this will serve as a study guide for future quizzes and tests.

Scavenger Hunt.docx  

Assignment #1

1. Read pages 1-33 ending at Monday, August 28^th

^{2. Respond to the following questions:}

     ^{a. How does the author depict Mom's character in the beginning of the story?}

     ^{b. What do you think Paul is implying about the "zombie" slowly making its way down Interstate 10? What do you think the zombie symbolizes?}    

3. Discussion Thread: Log onto www.edmodo.com and respond to the following discussion thread about our next reading.

            Describe an experience of your own when you either had to move to a new place or were going to a new place for the first time.

Assignment #1 is due Friday, September 30th

Assignment #2

1. Read pages 33-65 ending at Friday, September 8th

2. Respond to the following questions:

   a. Why does Erik's friend call Paul "Eclipse Boy"?

   b. What does Paul notice in old family photographs?

Assignment #2 is due Tuesday, October 3rd 

Assignment #3

1. Read pages 65-94 which takes us to the end of Part 1

2. Respond to the following questions:

   a. What is happening to all of the portables?

   b. How does the sinkhole affect Paul's life? What might the sinkhole symbolize?

   c. How do you think Paul feels when Gino tells him that the rules for soccer eligibility have been bent for other people in the past?

   d. Why does Paul say that the heavens opened up for him?

Assignment #3 is due Thursday, October 6th

Long-Term Assignment #1

Similes and Metaphors.docx