PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionbyVivienneJosephillustratedbyStephenTemplerillustratedbyStephenTemplerIWanttobyVivienneJosephbyVivienneJosephRide!Ride!STRATEGIES&SKILLSAWordCount:1,883ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyHomographsVocabularyambitious,memorized,satisfaction,shudderedELLVocabularymended,obeyed,persistenceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118734-8MHID:0-02-118734-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1Dreams.......................................2Chapter2MakingaPlan................................5Chapter3AnUnexpectedAlly...........................8Chapter4SaddlebackRidingClub.......................12RespondtoReading..........................16Smash!.............................17FocusonLiteraryElements...................20EssentialQuestionWhatmotivatesyoutoaccomplishagoal?byVivienneJosephillustratedbyStephenTemplerillustratedbyStephenTemplerIWanttovienneJosephvienneJosephRide!Ride!MynameisAriela,andIlovehorses.Thisisastoryaboutmeandhorses.IalwayswishedthatIownedahorse.Inmydreams,IownedabeautifulmarenamedDawnPrincess.Wewouldgallopforhours.DawnPrincessobeyedallmycommands.IlikedtodrawpicturesofDawnPrincess.Ihungthepicturesonmybedroomwalls.Ialsocollectedpostersandphotographsofhorses.Mybookcasewasfullofbooksabouthorses.Imemorizedthewordsforthepartsofahorse,suchasflankandwithers.Ilearnedaboutdifferentbreedsofhorsesandthethingsthatmakeeachbreeddistinct.AlthoughIwaspassionateabouthorses,Ihadneverriddenahorse.Iwantedtolearntorideahorsemorethananythingintheworld.Oneday,Itoldmyolderbrother,Drew,aboutmydreams.Drewsuggested,“Whydon’tyoulookforridingclubs...
