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At the end of the prologue, Paul's mom reminds him that he can't see very well. Paul responds by thinking, "But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can't. Or won't." What are some things that Paul is "seeing" that his parents aren't? What other things do you think Paul will "see" in the novel?

I think some things that paul is seeing and his parents arent seeing or refusing to see is Eriks behavior. Erik is not the kid he says he is, i think Erik is bad and sneaky behind his parents because Paul saw him leaving at 12 oclock at night, and didnt know where he was going. i think paul might also see things about the muck fire because he was the first one in his family to see the smoke and smell it, so he might be able to see other things even though hes legally blind. From, "Avocado" I think I think Paul sees that Erik isn’t all sweet and charming as mom thinks he is. Paul can see that Erik tried to killed him by swinging the bat when he was in the car. He also could see that Erik was making fun of him when he was telling all the oplder boys at the bus stop that his nickname was Eclipse Boy because he starred into an Eclipse and that’s why he’s legally blind. Paul also heard/saw thatr Erik sneaks out at night and doesn’t follow some reals. I think Paul will see later in the book that Erik is not a good kid at all by the things he will do or the things that Paul would keep remembering. Love, ELDERBERRY!!!! <3 I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!!!!

lOVE, ELDERBERRY!!!!!!!!!!<3

p.s. The part about Erik's behavior is very clever!

I totally agree with you too!! I think that maybe Erik doesn’t care for Paul, even though they are brothers, because they are so different. Erik is a little more self centered then Paul and cares more about his football career then spending time with his brother. I dont think his parents see the real side of Erik too because his dad is just focused on how amazing Erik is in football and his football career. And their mom is just worried on whats right, like with the Mike Costello practice issue and looking for seatbelts on kids.

**What were your initial thoughts about Paul not being able to play soccer? Should Paul fight the school's decision? Also, what should be done about the "lightning problem"? Should practices be changed to another time? Remember to respond to your partner's answer as well as include your own**. ** I think it is totally UNFAIR that paul cant play soccer. I have never heard about “insurance issues” involved with sports. If that was me, I would fight against being able to play a sport or not because Paul was so excited to play and he was really good too, but now he wont be able to play unless his parents do something about it. Also, about the lightning problem, I think the coach is being to dramatic about changing the practice times. Mrs. Fisher made a great point about the deaths caused by lightning in tangerine county. If that was my son playing football, I wouldn’t mind driving my son to early practice. Besides, its better then having your kid struck by lightning!! ** ** LOVVEE, ** ** "Avocado" **
 * P.S: great point about the bus stop, erik makeing fun of him! i totally forgot! :)**

I ONE HUNDRED percent agree!!!! It’s very unfair for Paul noth to be able to play on the soccer team because he’s “handdiecapped”. But the truth is, he’s not really handycapped at alll considering he can see and that he wears his special goggles everytime he plays. Also, I agree with you yhat the coach be being WAY over drematic about the practices, or alittle under dramatic considering the sercomstances. He’s overly dramatic about the changing over the schedule but underly dramatic about the players safety. (good luck understanding that!) Loveeee <3, ELDERBERRY!!!! J   P.S. I would hate to be struck by lightning!!!!!

== GREETINGS, SPECIAL AGENTS. SCHMORLANDO HERE. YOU’RE DOING A GREAT JOB DISCUSSING THE ISSUES IN THE NOVEL WITH EACH OTHER. ONE QUESTION—DO YOU THINK PAUL SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT HARDER TO STAY ON THE TEAM? IF SO, WHY DO YOU THINK HE DIDN'T? GOT TO GO. I’M CATCHING A RED EYE BACK TO L.A. FOR MY LATEST MOVIE, I MEAN, JOB… ==

P.S. BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WOULD BE A BUMMER, WOULDN'T IT?
If you were the principal at Lake Windsor Middle School, how would you handle the 'sinkhole situation'? What would you do with all of the 7th and 8th graders without classrooms?

HEY HEY HEY! AVOCADO HERE!!!

I think Paul shoulve faught harder to be on the soccer team. Soccer is his life and hes really good at it. Pauls parents shouldve faught harder too because that’s the only sport hes interseted in and if it were Erik that got kicked off the team, Mr. Fisher would deffinatly be fighting it, so I think its unfair. Why not fight for Paul???

If I were the principal at Lake Windsor Middle School, I would handle the situation by taking the kids that were in the portables, and trying to put them in the school with other classes. Like the same subjects, but just in the school. You know what im saying? If that doesn’t work… I would send the kids to Tangerine Middle School, but only for a short period of time intill the portablesare recontructucted. What would you do?

Love,

Avocado ! ( I didnt know avocado was a fruit!) (:

**P.S: It would stink getting struck by lightning! scarryy!!!** ELDERBERRY HERE!!!! HEY, HEY, HEY! Now, let’s get to the really important discussions, I think, if I was the principal, I would definitely try and make everyone more clam about the disaster that is occurring. I would make all the 8th and 7th grade students, without portables, study at the high school in any open space available. I know this wouldn’t be the best solution but it would work until we could find other places to study and rebuild the portables. But honestly, I would try and extend the school if anything because it would definitely make the structure more sound. Plus, I COMPLETELY agree with you!!! I think that if anything ever happened to me or my brother involving us getting kicked off the team for a completely messed up reason, my parents would do something about it or at least try and make me able to participate. I believe that everything Paul’s dad did about him being kicked off the soccer team is not anyway NEAR what he would’ve done if Erik got kicked off the football team… NOT FAIR!!!! LOOOVVVEE ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!!! ElDeRbErRy!!!!! <3 J P.S. I CANT WAIT TO MEET YOU!!!!! J I THOUGHT IT WAS A VEGETABLE!

Discussion Question 3: Paul seems to love his new team. What do you think is going to happen when the portables are rebuilt at Lake Windsor Middle School and he has to return home? I totally agree with yu! But I think its cool too that the students can pick wherever they want to go to school for that period of time. I think whats going to happen is hes not going to have any friends because him and joey arent friends anymore and that was his only real friend really at lake windsor school and he was kind of friends with his old soccer team but then got kicked off so he only had joey really. I also tink the lake windsor soccer players are going to give him a hard time because he played for tangerine middle, there bigest rival, and won. So maybe therea going to be some tension between everyone. I wouldn’t be that mad at him but I do get it like, he couldn’t ply soccer at lake winsdor so its not his problem he couldn’t, so he went to tangerine middle, no big deal right? But te soccer team might think hes a lier and wanted to play for tangerine middle the whole time…who knows! We will find out soon!! LoVe, Avocado P.S: cant wait to meet you too!! I feel like I am going ot know you…hahaha or you jst remind me of someone!

Avocado, I THINK THE EXACT SAME THING!!! It would really stink if the lake Windsor players started giving him a hard time wouldn’t it?????? And when Paul returns home I think that no one will want to talk to him. He basically deserted them and went to play for another team. Although, he did get kicked off in the first place, which was TOTALLY not fair! It also might be awkward, I mean imagine leaving like a team that you’ve played that sport with for a long time and you then went to another team, wouldn’t it be weird???? I mean what would you talk about? Not to mention the tangerine beat lake windsor in the finals and took home the championship, middle school is just filled with to much drama!!!! LoVe, ElDeRbErRy!!!! J <3 p. s. who do I remind you of????? oh... and I can't wait to meet you too!!!!! Ya I know what you mean when you said if you go to play for another team and come back… it would be akward and i wouldnt be suprised if they gave him a hard time, now that Joey and Paul arent friends. Maybe lake windsor students will think Paul is a lier about his eye sight and just wanted to play for tangerine... I play basketball and its kinda weird every new season because you haven seen them in forever!! Has that ever happened to you? What do you want to do for the poem? I think maybe me or you should be a tangerine student, tough and mean, and lake winsdor people, intimidated or scared, hense the soccer championship game. We could talk about how the schools are a lot different, with people and atmosphere. CyA sOoN!!(: p.s: Idk! Someone I just know cause you kinda type like people I know of hahhaa but idk who you are!   HEYO AVACODO!!!!    Elderberry here and I think that would be a really awesome idea to do one of us being a lake windsor student and the other being a tangerine student… GENIUS!!!! In addition to the lake windsor people being all scared and intimidated and the tangerine students being all confident and tough, I also think that we should do something like tangerine student having more of a harder life than lake windsor. Some have to work on farms for their lives (a.k.a. Tino) but the lake windsor people don’t have to do anything… I think somewhere in our poem we should put how different their home and homelives are from oneanother, you know???? Also, we just need to figure out whos going to be who so when you right back I’d love to know!!!    LoVe,    ElDeRbErRy!!! <3 J    P.S. O.M.G. ALMOST ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE BASKETBALL PLAYERS… but I stink at basketbal!!!! So I’m a cheerleader! PLUS... I HAVE NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE TOO!!!!

** Avocado!! **

 * VOICE 1 || BOTH || VOICE 2 ||
 * 1.I am a lake windsor student

4.I am a seagull

7.On the field

10.Normal we are

13.Lost in the last stretch.

16.We are a school. 19.We play to live 22.Through the long run,

25. we defeat

28.will we stay strong? || 3.We play soccer to win

6.We play to win

9.But off the field it’s a whole new story

12.Either way, we are out to win, this feirce agressive game.


 * 15.Close or far,**
 * We will always stick together.**

18.But we're always a team.
 * 21. We all thrive for soccer.**


 * 24. we have gone through soo much.**


 * 27. and misery.**
 * its all the same.**


 * 30.All i know, is I'm a eagle**
 * seagull**


 * and i am in it, to win it.** || 2.I am a tangerine student

5.I am an eagle

8.We are tough and fierce

11.Toughs are middle name

14.Campions we are.

17.We all are family. 20.We live to play.

23.and the short,

26. __a new death, everyday__

29.or be defeated in the end? ||

HEY HEY HEY ELDERBERRY HERE.... I REALLY LIKED WHAT YOU DID AND I THINK WE JUST NEED MORE SO I'M JUST ADDING ON TO YOURS RIGHT NOW!!! GREAT JOB AVACADO!

GREETINGS, SPECIAL AGENTS. IT'S YOUR FAVORITE LANGUAGE ARTS SECRETARY. YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB DISCUSSING YOUR IDEAS FOR THE POEM. YOUR POEM IS REALLY COMING ALONG. FOR YOUR SAKES, I'D PUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING TOGETHER ON THE LINE BELOW OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING SEPARATELY. IT WILL BE EASIER TO READ WHEN YOU FINALLY MEET! I MUST GO NOW. I'VE GOT A MEETING WITH MY AGENT. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK-- SCHMORLANDO

AvOcAdO!<3 P.S: im putting numbers so we know when to read and what parts are parts!(:
HEY HEY HEY To answer your ?, I was thinking how Lake Windsor is more of a school than being close, and tangerine is more of a family than a school because when Victor said he had Paul’s back and that they were brothers it just kind of stuck with me. I like your sugestions that you’ve made and have made just a few myself… hope you don’t mind! And one more thing about your ?, do you want to keep it we are a school or this is our school. LoVe, ElDeRbErRy <3 J  P.S. Good idea with the numbers!!!!

=== Great ideas! i just changed the we live to play to we play to live for lake windsor because lake windsor doesnt seem as competitive as the tangerine kids so i though since tangerines really really into soccer, they play soccer to live...you get what im saying? sorry that last sentence was a little convusing! === === I also think your idea on we defeat is pretty good i like it better then what i said i just am gonna have to think of somthing else your we have experianced deaths cause its a little too long but good point with the experianced the deaths i totally get for what you were going for. === === for the do you like what i said or do u think i should change it or leave yours? and i think this whoole thing is long enough we just have to adjust some things because my teacher said the minimum is 20 lines...and we have like 30!! so were good!(: ===

P.S cant wait to meet u! and i kinda wanna be the tangerine student...
AVOCADO!! Heyyyy! I really like how you changed the we play to live, we live to play and switched who said it. I like and understand it a lot better… I do agree that the fraise we experienced death thing needs to be shortened and I like how you did that. If you don’t mind, I’d like to keep it like that! I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE LENGTH!! I think its perfect how many lines we have and OF COURSE YOU CAN BE THE TANGERINE STUDENT!!!! I’ll be the lake Windsor! Also, I love that adding on to the either way we are out to win, this fierce, aggressive game, CLEVER!!!! It’s all really coming together! (I think we’re like about done!) Love ElDeRbErRy!!! <3 J  P.S. I can’t wait to meat you too!!! Oh and like I already said… I’ll be the lake Windsor student and you can be the tangerine student!!!

YOYOYO Elderberry!!! i made a little changes to the poem...but idk what to do for the death part...any ideas?? cause i just come right out and say deaths...you know what i mean? But are poem is deffinatly done like long enough..see you soon! P.S: cant wait to meet you too!! LOVEE AVOCADOO!!<33