News Debate: Cash Courses

How often does Dohn community High School reward students with money?

• every day
• once a week
• twice a week
• once a month

The passage shows two sides of this debate: Should schools pay students to go to class? According to the passage, what is one argument in favor of students being paid to attend class?

• Students will become less likely to pay attention in class.
• The program will teach teens that school is about money.
• Getting paid will teach students to become self-motivated.
• It will eliminate the need for teens to get a separate job.

What can you most likely conclude about eighth grade Leigh Kouril after reading the passage?

• He does not make money for attending his middle school.
• When he graduates, he wants to go to Dohn Community High.
• His parents pay him for school attendance and good behavior.
• He is jealous of students at Dohn Community High School.

Read this sentence from the passage:
 “If that motivation gets hardwired into student mind-sets, students may think that basic tasks deserve tangible rewards.”
In this sentence, the word tangible means 

• money
• touchable
• tempting
• enormous

What was the author’s purpose for including the opening paragraph (“Friday is payday...”) in the passage? 

• to explain why Dohn Community High School should be a model for all other schools 
• to give an example of a high school that pays students for perfect attendance 
• to explain the reason why students at Dohn Community High School get better grades 
• to persuade other schools to follow the example of Dohn Community High School 

What are the monetary rewards that are being given by Dohn Community High School?

• money
• dojo points
• candy
• food

Funding for the program discussed in the text comes from "kindhearted people from the community, donations form private companies, and federal grants." What is a synonym for funding?

• pizza
• loans
• money
• students

What does the word inspire mean in the following quote?
"The money at the end of the week inspires students to try hard in school and get better grades."

• instill
• motivate
• correct
• claim

Which of these things can be hardwired?

• a computer
• a can of soda
• a notebook
• love

From the following quote from the text, what does debt mean?
"That money can really help you with anything, from saving up for something you really want to paying offa debt."

• rewards
• money
• something you deserve
• something you owe