The Scholarship Jacket Story Questions Directions: Please ensure that you have read the short story, “The Scholarship Jacket” and then complete the questions in complete sentences.
Example of a Complete Sentence for # 1:
What Martha meant by “rooted against the wall in paragraph 4 is
Second Read • Reread the personal narrative to answer these text-dependent questions. • Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
1. Craft and Structure: What does Martha mean by “rooted” against the wall in paragraph 4 ?
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her two teachers?
Key Ideas and Details: What can be inferred from the conversation Martha overheard between
3. Craft and Structure: Reread paragraphs 16–18. Compare and contrast Martha’s point of view about the scholarship jacket with her grandfather’s. Include details from the text that reveal each character’s point of view.
4. Key Ideas and Details: What makes the principal suddenly change his mind in paragraph 30 ? How do you know?
5. Key Ideas and Details: Martha overhears and then engages in several conversations in this story. How does each conversation move the story forward?
6. Key Ideas and Details: In the last paragraph, Martha’s grandfather reacts silently to her news about the jacket. If he had spoken to his granddaughter, what might he have said? What evidence in the story supports your answer?