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Passage Master:

            Through the pages I read this week there were many important events. I can point out tons of important events but I stuck to my favorite two. My first event is when Carl Ray gets money from an unknown person. This part is on page 86-96 (Friday July 6). I think this is an important event of the book because now everything is going to change. Carl Ray can maybe start paying for things for himself, like a car, house, and food. If he bought a house he could stop relying on the Finney family for doing things for him like making dinner for him. This is a turning point of Carl Rays life. My second important event is when Alex Cheevey tells Mary Lou Finney he likes her a lot. This part is on pages 97-106. I think this is an important part of the book because now Mary Lou Finney knows how Beth Ann feels. After Alex Cheevey told Mary Lou Finney he liked her, Mary Lou liked to remember the amazing moments with him in her head. She did not want to talk to people about her and Alex because she wanted to just remember the special and amazing moments in her head. Mary Lou Finney now knows why Beth Ann would not tell her the sordid details about her and her boyfriend. Mary Lou Finney understands Beth Ann now.

1. Describe Beth Ann’s new behavior. How does Mary Lou feel about it?

        Beth Ann’s new behavior was odd and unusual because she did not act the way she use to. Before Beth Ann’s date she always told Mary Lou Finney every detail about things. After her date, Mary Lou Finney came to her house. Mary Lou Finney thought she would be hearing every detail about Beth Ann’s date, like what color people wore. When Mary Lou got their Beth Ann didn’t really say much. She did not say much about her date either. Mary Lou felt annoyed about Beth Ann’s new behavior.

2. How does Mary Lou react when Mr. Furtz dies?

    Mary Lou reaction to Mr. Furtz death is she was surprised. Mary Lou describes Mr. Furtz as a skinny and healthy-looking man. Mary Lou said Mr.Furtz plays golf and tennis. This surprised Mary Lou that he died because he is in great health.

My role this week was the connector. The connector connects events in the the book to real life. Many events happen in the pages I read. I got three connects from these pages. The first connects was that the family’s life is very crazy. Their life is crazy by they have many children in their family and they have a small house. It is crazy and busy at their house all the time, even at dinner time it is hard to have a conversation. This can connect to real life by our lives are very crazy by activities such as sports, events, after school clubs, and work. The second  is when the family gets a letter from their cousin saying he will be staying with them until he gets a job and gets settled. This can connect to our life by family members take care of other family members. Even though sometimes we get angry about people coming over to stay at our house we still give them respect and help them out. My third connect is when the main character, Mary Lou Finney has to write a journal over the summer. This can connect to real life by sometimes teacher assign paragraphs or journals to kids that normally would not do it.  

The Titanic was a ocean liner that hit an huge iceberg and sank, when it was going to New York.

1. Why was Paul content to be backup goalie?

         Paul was content to be the backup goalie because he got to be apart of the Tagerine Middle School soccer team. At Lake Windsor Middle School Paul got kicked of the soccer team because he had a IEP. Paul was very happy when he heard he could go to Tagerine Middle School. Paul would be able to be on the soccer team. Soccer means so much to Paul. Also, Paul is a very good at being the goalie.

2. What happened when Paul went in to the soccer game for Victor? What was Victor’s reaction?

When Paul went to the soccer game for Victor Paul scored a goal. This was very amazing because Paul position in soccer is the goalie. Playing a different positon in soccer and you really don’t know much about that position is hard. Victor’s reaction to this was he gave Paul a high-five. He was impressed.

3. Why didn’t Maya need Mrs. Fisher’s encouragement?”

 Maya did not need Mrs.Fisher’s encouragement because she knew that she was good at playing soccer. She is the top scorer in the country. She could make the All-Country team for sure. She does not need encouragement.

If I was making Tangerine into a movie for background music I would use jazz music. I would use jazz music because most of the settings are very quit. Jazz reminds me of quit and smooth sounds. An example I would use jazz music in is in the setting when Paul and his Mother and unpacking in the guest room. In that setting I think jazz music would be the best music for the background.

1. This snapshot is about how working T.V’s at home average.

2. The title is Working T.V’s at home.

3. The way the data is presented make it interesting for the reader becuase people can see how much T.V’s at home are averaged.

 4. The picture fits with the title by how they are talking about how working T.V’s average.

5. The type of graph is a circle graph and the numbers are used as percents.

6. I learned that three or more T.V’s average 54%. 

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