RudyBiographyPAIREDREADTheUnsinkableMollyBrownbyAnnWeilSTRATEGIES&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,succeedELLVocabularyathlete,courageContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:748**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118955-7MHID:0-02-118955-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312RudyPAIREDREADbyAnnWeilChapter1AHeroWhoHasNoLegs..........2Chapter2NewLegs,NewStart..............5Chapter3AnAthlete’sLife..................9Chapter4ATrueHero......................11RespondtoReading...............15TheUnsinkableMollyBrown..16Glossary/Index....................19FocusonSocialStudies...........20EssentialQuestionWhatdoheroesdo?GenreBiographyAHeroWhoAHeroWhoHasNoLegsHasNoLegsRudyGarcia-Tolsonwasnotbornahero.Butbyage8,Rudywasaherotomanypeople.Hefacedchallengeswhenhewasborn.Butthisdidnotstophimfrombecomingastrongathlete.Rudywasbornwithbirthdefects.Hehadproblemswithhismouthandhishands.Butthemostseriousproblemswerewithhislegs.EverydaytaskswerehardforRudy.Rudy2JasonDeweyPhotographyDoctorshelppeoplewhoarefeelingsickorareinpain.Rudywantedtobeabletowalkandplay.Doctorstriedtofixsomeoftheproblemswithhislegs.Buttheycouldnotfixeverything.Rudyhadmanyoperations,buthislegsstillhadproblems.DoctorstoldRudytheycouldgivehimnewlegs.Firsttheywouldneedtoremovehiso...
