The Scholarship Jacket Review

What is the Narrator's Perspective (POV) of short story, The Scholarship Jacket?

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person - Limited to Martha

• 3rd Person - Omniscient

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The letter jacket in the story is given to the person who

• is the most popular.

• has the highest grades.

• has the most powerful parents.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

Martha has been raised by her grandparents since she was six because

• her grandparents needed help on their farm.

• her parents were too poor to raise her.

• her parents had died.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why is the scholarship jacket so important to Martha?

• She has worked hard to earn it, and she cannot earn one for sports.

• Her sister has also earned one.

• She wants to show her parents how well she is doing.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why doesn't Martha participate in sports?

• She is not agile or athletic.

• She would rather do schoolwork and compete academically.

• Sports are expensive.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is the argument about that Martha overhears?

• Mr. Schmidt is angry because students are responsible for the graffiti in the school.

• Mr. Schmidt is angry because he heard that Martha was forced to resign her position at the only store in town.

• Mr. Schmidt is angry because he is being asked to falsify school records, so the jacket can be given to a less deserving student.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Based on the events, we can INFER that

• Mr. Schmidt is an honest man who stands up for the right thing.

• Mr. Schmidt is Martha's history teacher.

• Mr. Schmidt gave in and changed Martha's grades.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Why does the principal say the School Board suddenly started charging $15 for the scholarship jacket?

• Mr. Schmidt held his ground and refused to change the girls' grades and insisted that Martha get the jacket.

• Joann's father demanded that his daughter get the jacket.

• The jacket was more expensive than previous years.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

Why does Martha speak to her grandfather in Spanish?

• He does not know English

• She wants to get on his good side before asking him for the $15.

• She likes to practice her Spanish whenever she can.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the MAIN IDEA of the short story, The Scholarship Jacket?

• Cheaters never win.

• Martha has worked hard for 8 years to earn a jacket, but she is disappointed when she finds out it may be awarded to a student with an influential father instead.

• Martha is a very bright and hard working girl, who will be the valedictorian of her 8th grade class.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.9