SpringBoard7 language arts lesson on the motif of "seeing" as it demonstrated in the novel Tangerine.

1. Seeing is Believing
Activity 3.11

2. Learning Targets
• Identify literal and figurative meanings in
multiple texts.
• Write a character analysis, analyzing a
character in relation to a motif of the novel

3. # 1 Imagery
The verse below uses the imagery of sight and
blindness. How is the use of this imagery similar
to the use of the imagery in Tangerine?
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That sav’d
a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am
found, Was blind, but now I see.

4. # 2 Imagery
What are the literal meanings of the imagery
of sight and blindness? What are possible
figurative or symbolic meanings?
Literal:
Figurative:

5. # 3 Flashback
Reread the flashback at the end of Paul’s entry
for October 5 (page 167, 4th paragraph) starting
with “I stared hard into the backyard.”
When is Paul referring to “seeing” in a literal sense,
and when do you think he is being figurative?
Literal:
Figurative:

6. # 4 Who Sees? Who Doesn’t See?
Think about the word see and its meanings, both literal
and figurative, and how it is used as a motif in the novel.
Your teacher will either assign a character from the
novel Tangerine or ask you to choose one. In one lens
of the glasses, list or draw the things the character
sees or understands; in the other lens, list or draw the
things the character does not see or understand (or
refuses to see).

7. # 4 Who Sees? Who Doesn’t See?