Paired Passages

Use “Soaring to New Heights”

Which sentence best expresses the main idea of paragraph 2?

• Brown adapted her technique as her vision worsened

• Brown believed that being a junior in high school was easy.

• Brown succeeded at pole vaulting despite her disability.

• Brown competed in the Texas state championships twice.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Use “Soaring to New Heights”

The organization of paragraphs 1 and 2 contributes to the author’s main idea by —

• comparing Brown with the other athletes she competes against

• explaining how Brown overcame her challenges over time

• highlighting the competitions Brown has participated in

• showing the cause of Brown’s disability and its effects on her activities

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Use “See It Through”

What is one message the author conveys in the selection?

• Plan ahead for difficult times.

• Be honest with those you love.

• Take risks in order to be successful.

• Treat others as you would like to be treated.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Use “See It Through”

The author admires her mother mostly because her mother —

• offers advice on a variety of topics

• exposes the author to many new experiences

• has been in a wheelchair for the author’s entire life

• lives in a way that demonstrates perseverance

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Use “See It Through”

What is the most likely reason the author does not tell her friends that her mother is paralyzed?

• She does not want people to judge her mother because of her disability.

• She prefers to let her mother explain her own situation to others.

• She does not think it is an important characteristic of her mother.

• She thinks that most people already know her mother uses a wheelchair.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Use “See It Through”

The author compares her mother with other mothers in order to show that —

• her mother is more supportive than other mothers

• her mother does many of the positive things that other mothers do

• other mothers help the author as much as her own mother does

• other mothers do not understand the difficulties her mother experiences

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Use “See It Through”

Which sentence from the selection best establishes how the author’s mother approaches her situation?

• Like most mothers, my mom wants the best for me.

• She has been paralyzed from the waist down for most of her life, and all of mine.

• She couldn’t hike the volcano in Hawaii with the rest of the family or go cliff-jumping in Mexico

• No matter how good or bad the chances are of something working out in her favor, she always tries.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Use “See It Through”

Paragraph 4 shows that the author’s family —

• comforts the mother when she is unable to participate

• supports the mother in her efforts to enjoy life to the fullest

• wants to prevent the mother from taking unnecessary risks

• thinks the mother should try activities designed specifically for people in wheelchairs

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2