By Edward Bloor

Tangerine

by Edward Bloor

Name ______Period ______4 Kinds of Questions

1. Right There  The information is directly in the text and is easy to find. Your example: ______

2. Think and Search  Answer is found in different parts of the text.  Wording may be different from the text  More difficult to find Your example: ______

3. Author and Me  Answer is found in 2 places the text and from your own knowledge  Wording may be different from the text  More difficult to find. Your example: ______

4. On Your Own  Information for the answer is not in the text.  You must use your own experiences to answer the question. Your example: ______Tangerine: Pre-reading Strategies

Previewing: What do you see on the front cover? How is the book divided up? (Chapters?) What does the summary tell you? ______

Predict: Make a prediction about the book based on the cover/ summary ______

Connect: Make a connection to your own life. ______Activate Prior Knowledge: List 10 things you know about Soccer OR Moving ______

Tangerine Study Guide Use During Reading

1. Where are Paul and his mother at the beginning of the book? Where are they moving? Why? ______

2. Where does the title of the book come from? ______

3. Why can’t Paul look directly into the sun? ______

4. What incident does Paul remember as they are ready to leave? ______

5. Who does Paul think is responsible for the incident he remembers? ______Make a connection to the story: ______Part 1 Friday, August 18th 6. What does Paul expect to see in Florida? ______

7. Why are the citrus trees burning? ______

8. What does Paul think should be done with them? ______

9. What will Dad be able to do daily since he can create his own hours? ______

Saturday, August 19th 10. What woke Paul up? ______

11. What does Paul smell when he walks outside? ______

12. What does Mom decide to do about the smoke? ______

13. What does the firefighter tell them? ______Use Prior Knowledge: What do you know about Florida? ______Saturday, August 19th, later 14. What position does Erik play? ______What position does Mike play? ______

15. What does Paul think will happen to Mike once he gets caught up in the Erik Fisher Football Dream? ______

Monday, August 21st 16. What do you learn about Mom’s view of complaining? ______

17. What do you learn about Paul’s eyesight? Why does he say he can see fine? ______

18. What does Paul’s father do for a living? ______

19. What position does Paul play on the soccer team? ______

Make a connection to the story: ______

Wednesday, August 23rd 20.What is Erik expected to do at the football games? ______

21. Why doesn’t Paul like football? ______

22.When did Dad become interested in sports? ______

23.What happens every day during football practice? ______

24.What happens when Paul plays soccer with some of the other boys? ______

Make a prediction about what you think will happen next: ______

Monday, August 28th 25.What does Paul realize about all the housing developments in which he has lived? ______

26.What did Erik’s friends call Paul when he was in kindergarten? Why? ______

27.What happens to Paul once Science class starts? ______28. What does Paul tell Kerri? ______

Wednesday, August 30th 29.What does Mom do to Erik every night at dinner? ______

30.Why do the boys jack up their trucks? ______

31. What does Paul think is strange about Erik and driving? ______

32.What does Paul think is going to happen to Arthur’s position on the team? ______33.Why does Paul think Arthur will do anything Erik asks? ______

34.What does Paul realize about Arthur? ______

35.What do you think is the difference between Erik and Paul’s character? ______

Thursday, August 31st 36.What does Mom say about the house she grew up in? ______37. What does Paul ask Joey? ______

38.What has happened to the Donnelly house? ______

39.Why does Joey say that the Donnelly house is probably the safest in the whole world? ______

40.What does Paul say will happen once all of the houses crumble away and the trees return? ______

41. What does Joey tell Paul about lightning? ______

Friday, September 1st 42.What position does Joey decide to try out for? ______

Make an inference. What kind of players are the “on the bus” players? ______Tuesday, September 5th 43.What information does Erik tell Mom about Mike Costello? ______

44.How do Erik and Arthur talk about Mike’s death? What does this say about their characters? ______

45.Why does Paul think that Erik and Arthur find Mike’s death funny? ______

Wednesday, September 6th

Set a purpose (a reason) for reading this next passage: ______

46.What does the school do in response to Mike’s death? ______

47.Why doesn’t Dad want Mom to cause any trouble about football practice? ______

48.How would Paul feel if Erik died? ______Thursday, September 7th 49.What happens at Paul’s house when Mom calls the parents of the football players? ______

50.What is the outcome of the meeting? ______

Friday, September 8th 51. What does Coach tell Paul at practice? ______

52.What does Paul think is in the bird’s mouth? ______

53.What does the soccer coach do for Paul? ______

54.How does Paul feel about Mom’s attempt to fix the situation? ______

Friday, September 8, later 55. Why is Paul looking forward to going to Mike’s funeral? ______

56.What does Joey want to ask Paul? ______

57.In the car ride home, what does Paul think about over and over? ______Saturday, September 9th Make an inference. What does mom mean by “life goes on”? ______

58.Why does Mom get so upset about the kids in the truck? ______

59.What dos Paul claim to have in common with the man who never grew up? ______

60.What does Paul think could be done with himself? ______

Monday, September 11th 61. Why is Paul called to the office? ______

62.Do you think anything will happen to Paul because he ratted on the Tangerine soccer players? ______

63.What do Joey and Paul do when they discover that the sinkhole is sucking in a portable filled with students? ______64.What does Gino tell Paul about the rules? ______

65.How are the students told to get home after the sinkhole causes problems? ______

66.What does the sinkhole symbolize in the story? ______

Monday, September 11th, later 67.What does Cara say about Portable 18? ______

68.Why does Paul feel good about himself following the sinkhole incident? ______

Thursday, September 14th 69.Why does Charley Burns lose his job? ______

Monitor yourself: What does “it’s the Dad era now” mean? ______

Friday, September 15th 70.What does Mom want to do about Paul and his school? ______

71. What is the proposed emergency plan for the students? ______

72.What school option does Paul choose? Why? ______

73.How does Dad react when Paul tells him that he doesn’t pay attention to him? ______Connect: Pretend you are Paul. Write a letter to your parents explaining what school you want to attend and why. Make sure you have at least three reasons stated in the story in your paragraph. Be sure to have a topic sentence, three supporting sentences, and closing sentence. ______Vocabulary

1. ______Page______Synonym: ______Sentence: ______

9. ______Page______Synonym: ______Sentence: ______Make a Graphic Organizer that shows the main events of Part 1. Part 2 Monday, September 18th

Predict what is going to happen to Paul at Tangerine Middle School: ______

74.What does Paul think is unusual about his new school? ______

75.What happened to the main players on the soccer team? Why? ______

76.What does the soccer coach tell Paul? ______

77.What happens to Paul’s IEP? ______

Tuesday, September 19th 78.Why is Paul so interested in the story of how the soccer players got in trouble at the carnival? ______Make a connection to the story: ______Wednesday, September 20th 79.Why did Joey try to take off Mike’s shoes? ______

80.What does Paul want Joey to do? ______

Friday, September 22nd 81. What are the fans and players at Palmetto like? ______

82.What happens to Paul’s eyes while he is playing? ______

83.What does Victor tell Paul on the bus after the game? ______

Friday, September 22nd, later 84.What does Joey tell Paul is going to happen on Monday? ______

85.What did Joey’s father ask Mrs. Gates to do about Joey’s schedule? ______86.What does Paul tell Joey when he is asked to show him around on Monday? ______

87.How does Paul explain the soccer team to Joey? ______

Monitor your reading. How is Lake Windsor Middle School different from Tangerine Middle School? Lake Windsor Middle Tangerine Middle ______

Saturday, September 23rd 88. Why is Mom upset at the football game? ______

89.What do some of the visiting fans decide to do about the seating? ______

90.What happens during the game since it starts so late? How do Paul, Mom, and Dad react? ______

91. What happens during Erik’s big moment at the first game? What does the new say about it? ______

92.What does Paul think will happen as a result of Erik’s humiliation? ______

Tuesday, September 26th 93.How does Paul explain why his parents are not watching his soccer game? ______94.What does Coach tell Victor to do during half-time? ______

95.What does Paul do during the game? ______

Tuesday, September 26th, later 96.Why does Cara call Paul? ______

97.What conclusion does Paul come to about Kerri? ______

Make an inference. What is meant by this statement? “For Joey, our house may as well be covered with canvas and bound by ropes, because it is filled with poison.” ______

Friday, September 29th 98.What does Shandra do when the reporters show up at practice? ______

99.What ends up in the newspaper report about the female soccer players? ______Monday, October 2nd 100. What does Paul do to upset Joey in science class? ______101. What does Joey decide to do about the soccer team? ______

102. What does Joey tell Paul about Tangerine Middle? ______

Tuesday, October 3rd 103. How would you characterize Joey? ______

104. Would you want to be friends with Tino and his group? Why or why not? ______

Wednesday, October 4th 105. What happens when the homeowners try to put out the muck fires? ______106. Who do the homeowners feel is responsible for the robberies in the tended house? Why? ______

107. What does Paul find on Dad’s computer? ______

108. What does Paul find out about who is giving Erik scholarship offers? ______

Make a prediction. Who do you think is responsible for the robberies? ______

Thursday, October 5th 109. Why isn’t Joey at school? ______

110. What is Paul going to do with his science group after school? ______

111. What does every citrus tree start out as according to his group? ______

112. What is under the house that attracts termites? What type of conflict is this in the story? ______

113. What is Wayne going to do after he drops Paul off? ______

114. What does Paul remember about his backyard in Houston? ______

Find 4 similes in this section: ______

Thursday, November 2nd 115. Why hasn’t Paul written in his journal for four weeks? ______

116. What happens to Erik’s football reputation? ______

117. What happens to the soccer team? ______

118. How does Paul feel about the fear that the War Eagles create in their opponents? ______119. How does Paul refer to the soccer team in relation to his life? ______

Saturday, November 4th 120. Where does Paul have his mother take him? ______

121. What does Paul like best about the tangerine business? What does Luis like best? ______

122. What does Paul do with Tino and Luis all day? ______

123. What happened to Luis’ knee? ______

124. Why does Paul want to clear his conscience about ratting on the boys he saw at the carnival? ______

125. What position did Luis play on the soccer team? Why? ______

Monitor your reading. What do Paul and Luis have in common? Name 3 things. ______

Sunday, November 5th 126. Why is Paul’s family going to the Donnelly’s? ______

127. What happens to them as they approach the Donnelly’s? ______

128. What does Paul learn about Coach Bright? ______

Tuesday, November 7th 129. Why doesn’t Paul’s goal count in the game against the Manatees? ______

Friday, November 10th 130. Which team do the War Eagles play against in their final game? ______

131. What happens to Victor in the game against Lake Windsor? ______

132. What does Coach Walski try to do to Paul? ______133. What does Coach Bright inform Coach Walski about Antoine? ______134. How does the game against Lake Windsor end? Who is the champion? ______

135. What is Paul doing when he gets off of the bus? ______

Monitor your reading. Summarize the Championship Game. Vocabulary

9. ______Page______Synonym: ______Sentence: ______Make a graphic organizer showing the events of Part 2. Part 3

Predict and Support. Soccer season is over. Make a prediction and support it as to what the third section of the novel will be about. ______

Monday, November 20th 136. What does Erik say to Paul’s friends while they are playing in the yard? ______

137. How does Paul describe Erik’s hand? ______

138. What does Paul see in Erik’s eyes after he hits Tino? ______

139. Who does Paul think might have seen the whole event? Do you think so? ______

Tuesday, November 21st 140. What happens at school the next day? ______141. What does Mom do at the storage shed? Who else has a key to the storage shed? ______

142. What does Mom have to do at the high school? ______

143. How does Paul respond when Mom says that it is natural for an athlete’s grades to drop during the season? ______144 . What happens when Luis confronts Erik? ______

Thursday, November 23rd, Thanksgiving 145. How do Grandmom and Grandpop feel about the Erik Fisher Football Dream? ______

146.Why are so many students absent from school? ______

147.What does Paul decide to do after school? ______

148.What happens to Paul as he is working? ______

149.What do Paul and Luis talk about? ______

150.What does Tino say when Paul apologizes for Erik’s behavior? ______Monitor your Reading: What are three ways that they are planning to save the trees? 1.______2. ______3. ______

What is the outcome of the tree saving night? ______

What does Luis plan to do (p 222-223)? ______

Friday, November 24th 151. Why doesn’t Paul go to Erik’s football game? ______

152.What does Paul miss while he is asleep? ______

153.What does the paper say about the kicking in the big game? ______

154.Whose face is missing from the soccer pictures in the paper? ______155.What does Paul point out when he quizzes Dad about both his and Erik’s seasons? ______

156.What does Paul see when he goes outside? ______

157.Why does Paul pass out? ______

158.Who does Dad think vandalized the wall? ______

Predict and Support. Who do you think vandalized the wall? Why? ______

Monday, November 27th 159.What does Paul notice about Erik when he comes home from school on Monday? ______

160.Why does Kerri call Paul? ______161. Why does Dad discard the second page of universities in Erik’s file on the computer? ______

162.Who explains why the koi are disappearing? What does this say about vision? ______

Tuesday, November 28th 163.What happens to Luis? ______

164.What probably caused the aneurysm to rupture? ______

Monitor your reading: What is an aneurysm? ______

Wednesday, November 29th 165.Why does Theresa call Paul? ______

166.What does Paul tell the little boy at the pond? Why? ______167.What does Paul do instead of going to the funeral? ______

Friday, December 1st 168.Who does Paul see when he looks toward the entrance during the awards ceremony? ______

169.What do Tino, Victor, and Paul do? ______

170.What does Paul tell Erik and Arthur he saw? Why isn’t he afraid? ______

171. Who was Vincent Castor? What does this name make Paul remember? ______

Monitor your reading: What exactly happened to Paul’s eyes? ______

172.Why didn’t Mom and Dad tell Paul that Erik was responsible for his blindness? ______173.What is Paul’s response to learning the truth about his eyes? ______

Saturday, December 2nd 174.Why does Sandra say that Antoine didn’t show up to get his award? What else might Antoine have been upset about? ______

175.What does Coach Bright ask Paul? ______

176.Where does Paul think that Antoine, Shandra, and Coach Bright are going? ______

177.What is going to happen tomorrow at Paul’s house? ______

Sunday, December 3rd 178.What is reported in the newspaper? ______

179.What does the Sports Commission do in response to the news? ______

180.What happens to Erik’s records? What happens to the Erik Fisher Football Dream? ______

181. What is Mr. Donnelly trying to say in his own article? ______182.Why does Paul bring up his dad’s eyesight? ______

Sunday, December 3rd, later 183.Why do the Fishers and the Bauers want to have a meeting? What is it about? ______

184.What do Joey and Paul talk about when Joey calls? ______

185.How do the neighbors respond to Mr. Fisher’s proposal? ______

186.Why do the police arrest Arthur? ______

187.What does Paul tell the police? ______

188.How do Grandmom and Grandpop respond to the news about Erik? ______

Monday, December 4th 189.Why do Paul and his mom have to go to school early? Who else is there with Dr. Johnson? ______

190.What does Theresa think that Paul has done by coming to her school? ______191. Who is Tuna? ______

192.What happens to Tino, Victor, and Paul? ______

193.Where is Paul going to go to school now? ______

194.What is significant about Paul wanting to return to Tangerine Middle rather than Windsor Downs? ______

Evaluate: Do you think that Paul’s punishment was fair? ______

195.Why does Mom take Paul shopping? ______

Tuesday, December 5th 196.What does Arthur tell the police? ______

197.What is significant about Dad taking Paul to school? ______198.What does Paul think about Mike’s tree? ______

199.What scent does Paul smell as he is going to school? What is he reminded of? ______

Predict and Support. What do you think will happen at Paul’s new school? Will he like it? ______Make a graphic organizer showing the events of Part 3.