PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionbyVivienneJosephillustratedbyStephenTemplerillustratedbyStephenTemplerIWanttoRide!Ride!STRATEGIES&SKILLSAWordCount:2,650ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyHomographsVocabularyambitious,memorized,satisfaction,shudderedCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119245-8MHID:0-02-119245-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1Dreams.......................................2Chapter2MakingaPlan................................5Chapter3AnUnexpectedAlly...........................8Chapter4SaddlebackRidingClub.......................12RespondtoReading..........................16HomeRun.........................17FocusonLiteraryElements...................20EssentialQuestionWhatmotivatesyoutoaccomplishagoal?byVivienneJosephillustratedbyStephenTemplerillustratedbyStephenTemplerIWanttonneJosephnneJosephRide!Ride!MynameisAriela,andIlovehorses.Thisisastoryaboutwheremyloveofhorseshastakenme.IhadalwaysfantasizedthatIhadahorseofmyown.Shewasamare,andIcalledherDawnPrincessbecauseshewasabeautifulsilver-graycolor,justliketheskyonamistymorning.Inmydreams,wewouldgallopforhours,andsheobeyedmyeverycommandwithagentlewhinny.IlikedtolosemyselfindrawingelaboratepicturesofDawnPrincess.WhentheywerefinishedIhungthemonmybedroomwallsalongwithallthepostersandphotographsofhorsesthatI’dcollected.Mybookcasewasloadedwithbooksabouthorses,andIhadmemorizedthenamesforthepartsofahorse,likeflankandwithers.Iknewalotaboutdifferentbreedsofhorsestoo,thingsaboutwhatmakeseachbreeddistinct,orspecial.Itwasallinterestingtome.EventhoughIwascrazyabouthorses,I’dneverriddenonebefore.Morethananyt...
