BiographyPAIREDREADMelinaShowsHerMettleSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverNASA.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategyGreekandLatinRootsELLVocabularydeveloped,exploration,missionVocabularycommunicate,essential,goal,motivate,professional,research,serious,specialistContentStandardsScienceTechnologyWordcount:1,060**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118608-2MHID:0-02-118608-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ASparkIsIgnited....................2Chapter2HeDidIt!.............................7Chapter3RoleModel..........................12RespondtoReading.................15MelinaShowsHerMettle....16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20EssentialQuestionWhyishavinggoalsimportant?Chapter1ASparkIsIgnitedASparkIsIgnitedFranklinChangDíazwassevenyearsoldwhenhismothertoldhimexcitingnews.Franklin’smothersaidthattheSovietUnionhadputthefirstsatelliteintospace.Franklinrushedoutsideandlookedupintothenightsky.Franklinhopedtoseealightfromthesatellite.Thesatellitewasthebeginningofspaceexploration.ThatiswhenFranklindecidedtobecomeanastronaut.AscientistworksonSputnik1,thefirstsatelliteinspace.satellite2spacephotos.com/AgeFotostockFranklinwasborninCostaRicain1950.Franklin’sfamilymovedtoVenezuelawhenFranklinwasyoung.Later,thefamilymovedbacktoCostaRica.Franklinandhiscousinsplayedgamesaboutspace.Thechildrenusedtomakebelievetheycouldfly.FranklinChangDíaz(topright)ispicturedherewithhisfamily.mother...
