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,succeedContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:846**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119043-0MHID:0-02-119043-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312RudyPAIREDREADGenreBiographybyAnnWeilChapter1AHeroWhoHasNoLegs..........2Chapter2NewLegs,NewStart..............5Chapter3AnAthlete’sLife..................9Chapter4ATrueHero......................11RespondtoReading...............15TheUnsinkableMollyBrown..16Glossary/Index....................19FocusonSocialStudies...........20EssentialQuestionWhatdoheroesdo?AHeroWhoAHeroWhoHasNoLegsHasNoLegsBeforeRudyGarcia-TolsonbecameaParalympicswimmer,hefacedmanychallengesatbirth.Rudywasbornwithrarebirthdefects.Thesebirthdefectsaffectedthewayhisbodylookedandworked.Therewereproblemswithhismouthandhands.Therewereseriousproblemswithhislegs.Rudyhadahardtimewalking.EverydaytasksweredifficultforRudy.Buthedidn’tletchallengesstophimfromgoingafterhisdreams.2JasonDeweyPhotographyDoctorshelppeopledecidewhattodo.YoungRudyshowedcourage.Hehopedtowalkandplaylikeotherchildren.Butbecauseofproblemswithhislegs,heneededsurgery.Doctorstriedtofixtheproblems.Rudyhadmanyoperations,butdoctorscouldn’tfixeverything.Rudythou...
