GUIDED READING - TANGERINE - Part 3

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*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

  1. What does Erik say to Paul’s friends while they are playing in the yard?

2. How does Paul describe Erik’s hand?

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

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

Tuesday, November 21st

5. What happens at school the next day?

6. What does Mom do at the storage shed? Who else has a key to the storage shed?

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

8. How does Paul respond when Mom says that it is natural for an athlete’s grades to drop during the season?

9. What happens when Luis confronts Erik?

Thursday, November 23rd, Thanksgiving

10. How do Grandmom and Grandpop feel about the Erik Fisher Football Dream?

11. Why are so many students absent from school?

12. What does Paul decide to do after school?

13. What happens to Paul as he is working?

14. What do Paul and Luis talk about?

15. 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?

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  2. ______
  3. ______

What is the outcome of the tree saving night?

Friday, November 24th

16. Why doesn’t Paul go to Erik’s football game?

17. What does Paul miss while he is asleep?

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

19. Whose face is missing from the soccer pictures in the paper?

20. What does Paul point out when he quizzes Dad about both his and Erik’s seasons?

21. What does Paul see when he goes outside?

22. Why does Paul pass out?

23. Who does Dad think vandalized the wall?

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

Monday, November 27th

24. What does Paul notice about Erik when he comes home from school on Monday?

25. Why does Kerri call Paul?

26. Why does Dad discard the second page of universities in Erik’s file on the computer?

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

Tuesday, November 28th

28. What happens to Luis?

29. What probably caused the aneurysm to rupture?

*Monitor your reading: What is an aneurysm?

Wednesday, November 29th

30. Why does Theresa call Paul?

31. What does Paul tell the little boy at the pond? Why?

32. What does Paul do instead of going to the funeral?

Friday, December 1st

33. Who does Paul see when he looks toward the entrance during the awards ceremony?

34. What do Tino, Victor, and Paul do?

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

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

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

37. Why didn’t Mom and Dad tell Paul that Erik was responsible for his blindness?

38. What is Paul’s response to learning the truth about his eyes?

Saturday, December 2nd

39. Why does Sandra say that Antoine didn’t show up to get his award? What else might Antoine have been upset about?

40. What does Coach Bright ask Paul?

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

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

Sunday, December 3rd

43. What is reported in the newspaper?

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

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

46. Why does Paul bring up his dad’s eyesight?

Sunday, December 3rd, later

47. Why do the Fishers and the Bauers want to have a meeting? What is it about?

48. What do Joey and Paul talk about when Joey calls?

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

50. Why do the police arrest Arthur?

51. What does Paul tell the police?

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

Monday, December 4th

53. Why do Paul and his mom have to go to school early? Who else is there with Dr. Johnson?

54. What does Theresa think that Paul has done by coming to her school?

55. What happens to Tino, Victor, and Paul?

56. Where is Paul going to go to school now?

57. 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?

58. Why does Mom take Paul shopping?

Tuesday, December 5th

59. What does Arthur tell the police?

60. What is significant about Dad taking Paul to school?

61. What does Paul think about Mike’s tree?

62. 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?