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The Rag Coat
Minna, a young Appalachian girl, wants very badly to attend school, but she doesnīt have a coat. Her father has just died and her family cannot afford one. When a group of mothers who gather at her house regularly to make quilts hear of her predicament, they decide to help her. Minna is thrilled, but when the new coat is finished and she wears it to the one-room schoolhouse, she is teased by her classmates for wearing rags. Minna is hurt, but she eventually gains their interest when she explains that her coat is full of stories--their stories--for each scrap has come from one of their homes.
This is a worksheet set that will go with the award winning book of the same title. It include story summary, questionnaire with answer sheet as a teacherīs guide.
Level:elementary
Age: 8-12
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