The Jacket
What is the conflict of the text named "The Jacket"?
Who the protagonist and how old is she in Marble Champ?
Lupe Medrano and she is 12 years old
What is the name and age of the protagonist in Growing Up?
Maria and she is in 10th grade (15)
Victor
When and where was Gary Soto born?
April 12 1952
Fresno, California
Describe how The Jacket looks.
The Jacket is described to be green, be made of vinyl cloth, with yellow lining the inside.
Evd "a jacket the color of day old guacamole... i touched the vinyl sleeve, the collar, and peeked at the mustard color lining."
What is the conflict in Marble Champ?
Lupe wants to be good at sports but she is not.
What is the conflict of the passage, Growing Up?
Maria does not want to go on vacation with her family and when she is alone, gets worried and does not have fun.
What is the conflict in Seventh Grade?
Victor is trying to impress a girl named Teresa by joining a French course, but he does not know French
Who is Gary Soto's wife?
Carolyn Oda
Describe the narrator's experience when he wore The Jacket
The narrator felt like no good things happened when he wore the jacket. He noticed that he had bad luck and that no girls wanted to talk to him when he was in middle school and attributed that to the jacket.
Who supports Lupe in her endeavor to become the Marble Champ?
Her brother and father
Why does the father get mad at Maria when she decides to stay home and not go on vacation?
The father gets mad because he believes Maria is being ungrateful. He was not able to go on vacation when he was younger and thinks she should appreciate what he is providing for them now.
Why do Victor and his friend, Michael, scowl (frown, look angry) during the first days of school?
What was the demographic (audience) that Gary Soto wrote too?
Young Mexican Americans
What are two experiences the narrator associates with the Jacket?
Not getting any girls
Being bullied at school
Getting bad grades those couple years
Which of the following words would you use to describe Lupe's father?
a. friendly
b. confident
c. supportive
d. strict
C. Supportive.
He put off going to hand out with a friend to support his daughter at her Marbles championship.
Why is Maria angry when her family returns from their vacation?
What is the french teacher's name?
Mr. Bueller
Why did Gary Soto write and publish novels and poems?
He wanted Mexican Americans to feel seen in literature so they can feel welcomed in novels.
Even when you do not like something at first, it can become something special to you.
What is the theme of the passage, Growing Up?
Even though teenagers want to grow up, they do not realize how much they still need their family.
What is the theme of the passage Seventh Grade?
Do not lie to people to impress them.
What was the first novel Gary Soto wrote?
The Elements of San Juaquin