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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?