The Scholarship Jacket

Which word means student with the highest grades?

• history

• valedictorian

• eavesdrop

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which word means to make untrue?

• falsify

• coincidence

• valedictorian

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means listen secretly to a private conversation?

• eavesdrop

• promise

• gaunt

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What was the tradition of the narrator's school?

• To give a beautiful jacket to the valedictorian

• To give a brand new car to the valedictorian

• To give $500 to the valedictorian

• To give a college scholarship to the valedictorian

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Marta believes she should get the scholarship jacket because she

• is smarter than everyone else

• wants it very much

• has the highest grades

• won't get a sports jacket

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

How would you describe the narrator?

• motivated but poor

• rich and rude

• arrogant and a know-it-all

• bored and disengaged

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which quotation explains WHY Martha's grandfather will NOT pay for the jacket?

• "It was a time-consuming job;"

• "If I had to pay for it, then it wouldn’t be a scholarship jacket.”

• “So if you are unable to pay the fifteen dollars for the jacket it will be given to the next one in line.”

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Why doesn't the school want to give Martha the jacket?

• She's Mexican

• She's poor

• She's not smart enough

• She didn't get into honors classes

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

Martha's grandfather says, “He _______ pay the fifteen dollars.”

• wants to

• won't

• cannot

• needs to

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

True or False: The principal decides to give Martha the jacket and says she does not have to pay.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4