DETECTIVE

The DETECTIVE’s job is to look at causes and effects. Using the table below, note various events from the text and decude their
causes and effects. Fill the entire table and do not repeat the same character more than two times. You may add more rows if
you’d like.
Name: Jaclyn Zirngibl Name of Text: Stargirl

Date: 4/21/2018 Author: Jerry Spinelli

CAUSES EFFECTS
Stargirl acts and dresses a little strange and different than most of The other students become a little obsessed with Stargirl and start to
the other students. mimick the things that she does and the things that she wears.
The student body becomes a little obsessed with Stargirl. The cheerleaders invite Stargirl to join the team. I think that they asked
her to join the team because she had gained so much popularity that
they wanted to stay relevant, having her on the team makes them still
cool because they are involved with her.
The basketball team loses. They blame Stargirl because she cheers for both of the teams. She
essentially gets shunned by the rest of the school body except for Dori
and Leo.
The school starts to shun Leo for dating and being with Stargirl Leo tries to change Stargirl and get her to act more normal. He gets her
to dress normal and even start going by her real name, Susan.
Stargirl tries to fit in and act “normal” The school does not accept Stargirl now just because she acts and
dresses normal. It didn’t change anything and so she goes back to the
way she was.
Stargirl goes back to her normal self. Leo cannot handle the negative attention he gains from dating Stargirl
although she had tried to change for him. She goes back to being her
normal self and because people don’t like that they shun Leo too. Leo
breaks up with Stargirl because he is embarrassed and unable to handle
the negative attention.

Adapted from Making Curriculum Pop: Developing Literacies in All Content Areas by Pam Goble, Ed.D., and Ryan R. Goble, M.A., copyright 2016.