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Department of Curriculum & Instruction 5206 S. Bowen Road • Arlington, Texas 76017
817.987.1819 • fax 817.200.6541 • www.acaedu.net
Griffins Book Club – ACA grades 6-8
First Quarter – Tangerine by Edward Bloor Read the book and choose one essential question to answer (below) by submitting a project to your homeroom teacher by Thursday, September 28th, 2017. Some possible project ideas are:
Create a multimedia presentation (e.g., video,
Powerpoint, Prezi, slideshow, etc.)
Write a series of journal entries or essay from a
particular point of view
Construct a diorama
Illustrate a comic book or book jacket
Research an outside topic that is connected to
a theme in the book
Design a poster or advertisement
Create an mock interview of a character in the
book
Demonstrate your understanding using
multiple Thinking Maps
The focus of the Griffin’s Book Club is answering
an Essential Question, not necessarily designing
or creating the prettiest project. Projects that
do not answer an essential question will be
returned to the student with feedback to be
resubmitted by Monday, October 2nd, 2017. All
students that submitted a project that
answered an essential question will be invited
to a celebration a week or so after the due
date.
Students who complete all 4 Griffins Book Club projects this year will be invited to compete in the
Griffin Book Club championship in May 2018.
Essential Questions
1. What kind of discrimination does Paul face at each middle school? Are there any similarities?
2. One theme of the book is humans trying to suppress, resist, and undermine nature. What are some
examples of this theme in the book?
3. Another theme of the book is that though things may appear perfect on the outside, they are falling apart
under the surface. How does that apply in this story?
4. Why did Joey Costello act the way he did at Tangerine Middle School? Why could Paul adapt to the new
environment while Joey could not?
5. How does Paul's perception of Tangerine change throughout the book? What key events altered his
perception?
6. Why does Paul feel that his own life is unlike the lives of Luis and his other Tangerine friends? Why does he
feel it is so fragmented?