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 * Tangerine Group 2 - D **

__Week One Questions ﻿﻿ __ 3/13/11

1.  Discuss the different types of discrimination you have heard about or encountered. These are some questions to consider:

A.  How would you define discrimination? ﻿We think that discrimination is having a negative judgement on something that is different. B.  What are some examples of discrimination? ﻿An example of discrimination is hiring some one because they are pretty and not hiring some one of the same knowledge that is ugly. Another example is if some one of one nationality asked you to donate money and you said no. Then a person of your own nationality asked you to donate money and you said yes, would be an example of discrimination. C.  Have you ever felt the effects of discrimination? How? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">﻿I have felt the effects of discrimination when another person and I were getting chosen for a team at recess and since he was taller then me they chose him. I was discriminated on my height. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">D. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> What are some types of people who are discriminated against? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Our group agrees that people of different nationalities, religions, or customs are people that are discriminated against.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Mrs. Fisher didn’t know much about Tangerine County before moving. Now that she is there, she has learned quite a bit about the area that Mr. Fisher had not told her. Do you think she regrets the move? Discuss the positives and negatives of living in Tangerine from Mrs. Fisher’s point of view and then from Mr. Fisher’s. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">﻿We think that Mrs. Fisher regrets the move because it storms at the same time everyday and she dislikes the muck fires in their backyard that fog up their house with black smoke. But she likes that she is in the architectural club of Lake Windsor Downs. On the other hand we think Mr. Fisher likes the move because Florida is a big football state and University of Florida is close to their home. He wants to get Erik's football dream started off as soon as possible. We think that Mr. Fisher doesn't really care about the storms and the muck fires that happen <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">in their area.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> What is the Erik Fisher Football Dream? What consequences does it have for Mom, Dad, Erik, and Paul? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">﻿The Erik Fisher Football Dream is the dream that Erik and Mr. Fisher have to try and get Erik into professional football. The consequences for the family are everything must revolve around Erik and they had to move to Tangerine, Florida.

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19pt;">1. Many people say “Sports help build character in young people”. What do you think? <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> How do you define “character”? <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> What helps build your “character”? <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Give an example from your personal life.

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19pt;"> 2. Do you think male and female athletes should play on the same team? Give support for your reasoning.

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19pt;"> 3.Character Quotes <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19px;"> Choose an adjective that best describes a character from the book. Find a quote in support of the adjective. Post your ideas on the Grafitti Wall for your character below.

Part 3

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. Paul has problems with his vision and is called legally blind. a. How are Paul’s parents “blind”? b. How was Paul able to “see” into people’s hearts? What did he “see”?

2. Is Paul a hero? Why or why not? a. How would you describe a hero? b. Give evidence from the book to support your answer.

3. Tangerine is Edward Bloor’s first novel. Would you read another novel by him? Why or why not?