Tangerine
Written by: Edward Bloor
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Activity 3.2
What is a simile?
A comparison between two unlike things, using like or as, to
make a vivid and emphatic description.
Example: The dog was as big as 4 story building.
Example: The meatloaf tasted like a pile of cardboard.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing
becomes another.
Example: The tears were a waterfall streaming down her
face.
Example: The car was a lion roaring down the track.
Why do we need to use Imagery?
Imagery- the use of figurative language and other descriptive
language that appeals to the senses.
This allows the readers to see, taste, touch, hear or feel an
object.
Example of Imagery
The hot July sun beat relentlessly down like an oven cooking a pizza,
casting an orange glare over the farm buildings, the fields, the pond.
Even the usually cool green willows bordering the pond hung wilted and
dry. Our sun-baked backs ached for relief. We quickly pulled off our
sweaty clothes and plunged into the pond, but the tepid water only
stifled us and we soon climbed onto the brown, dusty bank. Our
parched throats longed for something cool--a strawberry ice, a tall
frosted glass of lemonade.
We pulled on our clothes, crackling underbrush, the sharp briars pulling
at our damp jeans, until we reached the watermelon patch. As we began
to cut open the nearest melon, we could smell the pungent skin
mingling with the dusty odor of the dry earth. The smell was a rainbow
in the sky; so beautiful. Suddenly, the melon gave way with a crack,
revealing the deep, red sweetness inside.
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Activity 3.3
Back Cover of Tangerine
Quick Facts About Florida
Florida was admitted to United States as a State on March 3,
1845 (27th State)
Governor - Charlie Crist
Capital - Tallahassee
Nickname - Sunshine State
State Flower - Orange Blossom
State Animal
Florida Panther
State Beverage
Orange Juice
State Bird
Mockingbird
State Gem
Moonstone
State Reptile
Alligator
State Soil
Myakka Fine Sand
State Song
"The Swanee River" (Old Folks at Home)
State Stone
Agatized Coral
State Tree
Sabal Palm
What’s The Weather Like?
Average Annual Temperatures:
Summer:
80.5 (F) degrees (26.9 C) (North Florida)
82.7 (F) degrees (28.2 C) (South Florida)
Winter:
53.0 (F) degrees (11.7 C) (North Florida)
68.5 (F) degrees (20.3 C) (South Florida)
Lake Eola Park, Orlando Florida
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Activity 3.4
Double Entry Journal
Who keeps a journal or diary?
Why do people keep diaries or journals?
What are some advantages of keeping a journal or diary?
What are some disadvantages?
Essential Question:
What kinds of choices are made in forgetting and
remembering and forgiving?
What is the relationship between choices and consequences?
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Activity 3.5
Define:
Flashback: a sudden and vivid memory of an event in the
past. Also an interruption in the sequence of events to relate
events that occurred in the past.
Answer these questions…
What is the socioeconomic status of the family?
Does Paul’s mother understand him?
When Paul says, “Good work, Mom,” what tone is he using?
Demonstrate the tone in his voice, and explain your
interpretation.
What is Paul’s relationship to his family?
BE SURE TO SHOW ME TEXTUAL EVIDENCE TO
SUPPORT YOUR INFERENCES!!
What does this word mean?
Zombie
Zombie: Which one fits the book?
 zom·bie
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/ˈzɒmbi/ Show Spelled[zom-bee]
 –noun 1. (in voodoo) a. the body of a dead person given the semblance
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of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some
evil purpose.
b. the supernatural force itself.
2. Informal . a. a person whose behavior or responses are wooden,
listless, or seemingly rote; automaton.
b. an eccentric or peculiar person.
3. a snake god worshiped in West Indian and Brazilian religious practices
of African origin.
4. a tall drink made typically with several kinds of rum, citrus juice, and
often apricot liqueur.
Source: Dictionary.com
 A person held to resemble the so called walking dead.
 A mixed drink made from rum, liqueur, and fruit juice.
Source: Webster’s dictionary
Review:
The words:
zombie
Setting
Point of view
Flashback
Elements of a plot (exposition, rising action, falling action, climax,
conflict, resolution)
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
Prediction
Inference