BiographyRudyPAIREDREADTheUnsinkableMollyBrownbyAnnWeilSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverJasonDeweyPhotography**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:SequencePhonicsVariantvowelspellingswithdigraphs/ü/oo,u,u_e,ew,ue,ui;/˚u/oo,ou,uVocabularyStrategySynonymsVocabularyagree,challenging,discover,heroes,interest,perform,study,succeedContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:572**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118981-6MHID:0-02-118981-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312EssentialQuestionWhatdoheroesdo?GenreBiographyPAIREDREADChapter1WhoIsRudy?.....................2Chapter2WhatCouldRudyDo?.............5Chapter3WhatIsHisLifeLikeNow?.........9Chapter4WhyIsHeaHero?................12RespondtoReading...............16TheUnsinkableMollyBrown17FocusonSocialStudies..........20RudybyAnnWeilWhoIsRudy?WhoIsRudy?RudyGarcia-Tolsonwasbornwithbirthdefects.Hehadproblemswithhismouth,hands,andfeet.Rudyhadahardtimewalking.NowRudyisgrownup.Hehasbecomeagreatswimmerandaherotomanypeople.JasonDeweyPhotography2Doctorshelppeople.Rudywantedtowalkandplaylikeotherchildren.Doctorstriedtofixtheproblems.Theycouldnotfixeverything,though.DoctorstoldRudytheycouldgivehimnewlegs.Firsttheywouldneedtotakeoffhisoldlegs.Rudy’sfamilysaiditwasallright.ChrisRyan/Alamy3STOPANDCHECKWhathaveyoulearnedaboutRudysofar?ThislegisliketheonesthatRudygot.WhenRudyturnedfiveyearsold,hislegswereremoved.Thenthedoctorsgavehimhisnewlegs.Thenewlegswerestrong.Theyweremadeofplasticandmetal.NowRudycouldwalkandrun...
