BiographyPAIREDREADMelinaShowsHerMettleSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverNASA.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategyGreekandLatinRootsVocabularycommunicate,essential,goal,motivate,professional,researchserious,specialistContentStandardsScienceTechnologyWordcount:1,024**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118832-1MHID:0-02-118832-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ASparkIsIgnited....................2Chapter2HeDidIt!.............................7Chapter3RoleModel..........................12RespondtoReading.................15MelinaShowsHerMettle....16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20EssentialQuestionWhyaregoalsimportant?Chapter1ASparkIsIgnitedASparkIsIgnitedWhenFranklinChangDíazwasseven,hefoundoutsomeexcitingnews.TheSovietUnionhadlaunchedthefirstsatelliteintospace.Itwasthebeginningofspaceexploration.Franklinrushedoutsideandclimbedatree.Helookedupintothesky.Hehopedtoseealightfromthesatellite.Thatnight,Franklindecidedtobecomeanastronaut.AscientistworksonSputnik1,thefirstsatelliteinspace.2spacephotos.com/AgeFotostockFranklinwasborninCostaRicain1950.WhenFranklinwasyoung,thefamilymovedtoVenezuela.Later,thefamilymovedbacktoCostaRicabecausetheschoolswerebetter.WhenFranklinwasachild,heandhiscousinsplayedspacegames.Theypretendedthatboxeswerespacecraft.Theypretendedtheywereflying,anddiscoveringnewplanets.FranklinChangDíaz(topright)ispicturedherewithhisfamily.3CourtesyofFrankli...
