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:1220**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118975-5MHID:0-02-118975-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312RudyPAIREDREADChapter1AHeroWhoHasNoLegs............2Chapter2NewLegs,NewStart.................5Chapter3AnAthlete’sLife......................9Chapter4ATrueHero..........................11RespondtoReading.................15TheUnsinkableMollyBrown..16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonSocialStudies.............20EssentialQuestionWhatdoheroesdo?byAnnWeilAHeroWhoAHeroWhoHasNoLegsHasNoLegsRudyGarcia-Tolsonisanunlikelyhero.Hewasn’talwaysatalentedathlete.Beforehebecameastarparalympicswimmer,hefacedchallenges.Rudywasbornwithbirthdefectstohismouth,hands,andlegs.Theseaffectedthewayhisphysicalbodylookedandfunctioned.Themostseriousproblemswerewithhislegs.Rudywasbornwithaclubfoot.Thismeanshisfootwasturnedin.Hehadtroublewalking.EverydaytaskswerechallengingforRudy,buthestillwentafterhisdreams.JasonDeweyPhotography2Asurgeonisadoctorwhoperformssurgery.Rudyshowedgreatcourageataveryyoungage.Hisbirthdefectsdidnotaffecthismind.Rudystayedfocusedonwhathewantedandwhathecoulddo.Rudyhopedtowalkan...
