Try,TryAgainbyPaulMasonillustratedbyJuanCaminadorPAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyConnotationandDenotationVocabularyattain,dangling,hovering,triumphWordCount:1,175ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119122-2MHID:0-02-119122-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1TheNewBike........................2Chapter2LessonOver..........................5Chapter3LearningtoRide......................8Chapter4Triumph..............................12RespondtoReading.................16SunlightSparklingonChrome17FocusonLiteraryElements..........20Try,TryAgainbyPaulMasonillustratedbyJuanCaminadorEssentialQuestionHowdowriterslookatsuccessindifferentways?AweekhadpassedsinceJerome’sbirthday,andhestillhadn’triddenhisnewbike.HisolderbrotherLouisspiedithidinginacornerofthegaragewiththebowstilldanglingfromthehandlebars.LouisfoundJeromelyingonhisbedsurroundedbyapileofcomics.“Hey,”Jeromesaid.“What’sup?”“Yourbike,”Louissaid,sittingonhisbed.“Ijustnoticedyouhaven’ttakenitoutforarideyet.”Chapter1TheNewBike2Jeromesighed,“What’sthepointoftakingitoutifIdon’tknowhowtorideit?”“Thepointisyoulearn,”Louislaughed.“You’veheardthatwordbefore?”“Ha,ha,veryfunny,”Jeromesaid,givinghimaplayfulshove.“Seriously,I’mhappytoteachyou.WecanworkonittogethersinceMomandDadaresobusyatthemoment.”Jeromethoughtforamomentandfrowned.“IhavebeenfeelingbadthatIcan’tridemybike,”headmitted.“Okay,whendowestart?”“Howaboutrightnow?Let’sgogetthebikeoutofthegarage,”saidLouis.3Louistookoffallthewrappingpaperandwheeledthebikeoutontothel...
