Writing

What qualities should an authority figure like a principal or board member have

? Explain with examples.

Discuss any times in your life that you have worked extra hard to achieve something.

Describe a time in life when you have witnessed an injustice. How did you feel. How did you react?

Answer these questions post in your journal or blog.

1. What is the central point of the reading?
2. Why is winning the jacket so important to Marta?
3. How could a student earn the jacket?
4. Why was Marta was raised by her grandparents?
5. What name was Marta called at school?
6. How can we tell that the principal was "uncomfortable and unhappy"?
7. The author implies that the board members were not going to give Marta the jacket because....?
8. Grandpa says, "If you pay for it, Marta, __________________.
9. What would be a term for the policy to require a fee for the jacket?
10. What impression do you form about Marta's grandfather?
11. What does dignity mean in this story and what ways did Marta maintain hers?
12. Find and write three words or phrases the author uses to describe her different emotional states.