HistoricalFictionPAIREDREADJackieRobinsonbyEmmaTurnerbyEmmaTurnerillustratedbyRonMahoneyillustratedbyRonMahoneyOnOnthetheBallBallSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyamazement,bravery,disappeared,donate,leaders,nervous,refused,temporaryContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:848****Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118806-2MHID:0-02-118806-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1BaseballTryouts...................2Chapter2MakingtheTeam.................7Chapter3TheFirstBigGame................12RespondtoReading...............16JackieRobinson............17FocusonGenre..................20EssentialQuestionHowcanonepersonchangethewayyouthink?GenreHistoricalFictionbyEmmaTurnerbyEmmaTurnerillustratedbyRonMahoneyillustratedbyRonMahoneyOnOnthetheBallBallChapter1Chapter1BaseballTryoutsBaseballTryoutsItwasFridayafternoon.JamesandBellawerewalkinghomefromschooltogether.Jamesdidn’tlookhappy.“Hey,what’sup?”Bellaasked,nudgingheryoungerbrotherwithhershoulder.2“Baseballtryoutsarenextweek,”saidJames.“I’dliketoplay,butI’mnotsureifI’mgoodenough.”“Youhavetotry,”saidBella.“Ifyougetnervous,thinkofsomeonewhoinspiresyou—JackieRobinsonmaybe.”“Jackiewho?”askedJames.3“JackieRobinson.Hewasanamazingbaseballplayer.Butwhenhewasyoung,AfricanAmericanshadtoplayonseparatebaseballteams.Jackiechangedallthatin1947.HewasthefirstAfricanAmericantoplayonamajorleaguebaseballteam!”saidBella.4Nextwee...
