The Scholarship Jacket (Vocabulary)

What does academic achievement mean?

• When someone does really well in sports.

• How well a person performs in subjects like Math, English and Social Studies.

• How well a person can bake a cake.

• Successfully passing your MAP test.

If you are a 'straight A student' that means...

• ...that you always walk in a very straight line.

• ...that your name begins with the letter 'A'.

• ...that you do really well in all your subjects and get high scores.

When you 'earn' something you...

• ...have worked really hard for it and deserve it.

• ...have given the money for it and now it is yours.

• ...hit your friend and take their money.

The students who practice basketball everyday are very _____.

• dismay

• eavesdrop

• falsify

• agile

The school board is...

• ...when you don't want to listen because you feel sleepy.

• ... the wooden floor of the school.

• ...a group of people that are in control of the school.

To hurt an animal is very _____.

• innocent

• cruel

• agile

When my mother and father _____ I always put on my headphones so I can't hear them shouting at each other.

• argue

• eavesdrop

• falsify

The teacher had to go to jail because he _____ the students' grades.

• falsified

• argued

• appreciated

Why are you standing with your ear against the door? Oh, you are _____.

• mumbling.

• forcing back tears.

• eavesdropping.

When you do something in a dignified way you...

• ...are shouting and screaming so everyone hates you.

• ...do it in a calm and serious way that makes people respect you.

• ...jump and run around like a crazy animal.