No Dream Too High: Simone Biles

The following passage (paragraph 4) adds to the understanding of Biles’s development mainly by fill in the blank___________.

"She also didn’t know how to control her immense power, often bounding up and back several feet after landing tumbling passes."

• explaining why Biles would have to build a career without being able to perfect the balance beam

• showing how unnecessarily harsh critics were toward Biles early on in her career

• establishing what would be her signature tumbling technique throughout her Olympic run

• suggesting how Biles took a weakness and turned it into one of her greatest assets

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With which of the following statements would the author of this text most likely agree?

• Biles is such an exceptional gymnast that it became almost impossible to for any other gymnasts to compete at her level.

• Biles attributes a good deal of her success to her close bond with Gabby Douglas.

• Biles does not pick routines that have a high degree of difficulty, but she executes them with near perfection.

• Biles was almost kept out of Olympic competition due to her height.

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Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 7- below)?
"Part of Biles’s natural talent also stems from her height or lack thereof. In some sports, height is an advantage, but gymnasts benefit from being shorter. From 2000-2012, the four all-around gold medal winners at the Olympics were between 5-foot and 5-foot-3. While that might seem short for most athletes, Biles stands at just 4 feet 8 inches. Her height bothered her as a child. As she told Women’s Health, “it was kind of a struggle being small since everyone would make fun of you,” but she’s glad she can show others that they can be “short or tall” and become the best."

• Biles was expected to struggle in the all-around competition due to being under 5-feet.

• Most fans do not realize just how short Gabby Douglas is.

• Biles possessed a distinct physical advantage over even the highest-achieving gymnasts before her.

• Biles was almost kept out of Olympic The all-around competition was previously better suited for the elegant Eastern Europeans.due to her height.

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Instructions for Student:

Order these events chronologically as they have occurred in Simone Biles’s life:

• An outdoor field trip Biles is scheduled to attend is redirected to a gymnastics center.

• Biles appears more relaxed with her teammates after spending time with a psychologist.

• Biles has to be homeschooled in order to intensify her training.

• Biles’s coach pulls her from the U.S. Secret Classic after an abysmal performance.

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Instructions for Student:

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym.

• completion

• 
  execution

• determined

• fundamentals

• spent

• resolute

• basics

• invested

• top-tier

• elite

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Based on context clues, what does the word rigor mean as it is used in the text? Write your best definition of rigor here, along with an explanation of how you inferred its meaning.

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How has Simone Biles coped with the pressures of fame?

Citing evidence from the text, explain how she has dealt with adversity in her life. Use RACE to complete your answer.

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