Reading Unit 1: Tangerine
*This page contains reading information for the first nine weeks.
Students will begin a new novel study of Tangerine by Edward Bloor.
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Overview:
Paul Fisher's family is moving from Texas to Florida for a number of reasons. The most important one seems to be so that Paul's older brother Erik can impress the football scouts at some major universities. Indeed, most of what his parents do seems to be part of what Paul calls "The Great Erik Fisher Football Dream." It is not that Paul is jealous. He, too, possesses some tremendous athletic ability on the soccer field despite being legally blind. But Erik is the favored son, indulged by parents, teachers, coaches, and friends, even though Paul knows that Erik's behavior is less than perfect. The move to Tangerine, Florida, might just open the eyes of everyone in the Fisher family.
Students will begin exploring a series of short stories from our Georgia Collection book.
The first story is titled Rogue Wave and focuses on facing challenges. Media clips from CBS news accompanies this story and will assist students with analyzing information from the media and persuasion.
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Reading Informational Standards
Multiple worksheets that address reading informational text standards​
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ELAGSE7RI5: Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including
how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.
Text Structure You Tube Tutorial
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ELAGSE7RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and
analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
Power Point Author's Point of View
Author's Purpose & Point of View Power Point
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Reading Literary Standards
Multiple worksheets that address reading literary text standards
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ELAGSE7RL1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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ELAGSE7RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Sum It Up! Practice worksheet for writing summaries
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ELAGSE7RL3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact
(e.g., how settings shape the characters or plot).
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ELAGSE7RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in
a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
Figurative Language Power Point
Connotation/Denotation Power Point
Connotation/Denotation Worksheets
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ELAGSE7RL6: Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view
of different characters or narrators in a text.
