2009 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.

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Editor Eric Migliaccio Illustrator Clint McKnight Cover Artist Brenda DiAntonis Editor in Chief Ina Massler Levin, M.A. Creative Director Karen J. Goldfluss, M.S. Ed. Art Coordinator Renée Christine Yates Imaging Ariyanna Simien Publisher Mary D.

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1 Editor Eric Migliaccio Illustrator Clint McKnight Cover Artist Brenda DiAntonis Editor in Chief Ina Massler Levin, M.A. Creative Director Karen J. Goldfluss, M.S. Ed. Art Coordinator Renée Christine Yates Imaging Ariyanna Simien Publisher Mary D. Smith, M.S. Ed. Author Ruth Foster, M.Ed. The classroom teacher may reproduce copies of materials in this book for classroom use only. Reproduction of any part for an entire school or school system is strictly prohibited. No part of this publication may be transmitted, stored, or recorded in any form without written permission from the publisher. Teacher Created Resources, Inc Industry Way Westminster, CA ISBN: Teacher Created Resources, Inc. Made in U.S.A.

2 Table of Contents Introduction...3 Meeting Standards...6 Answer Sheets...7 Paired Passages Unit 1 Nonfiction: The Last Man....8 Fiction: A Pace Too Slow...9 Unit 2 Nonfiction: Flying Poison...12 Fiction: The Bitter Bird...13 Unit 3 Nonfiction: A Genuine Hoax...16 Fiction: The Counterfeit Painting...17 Unit 4 Nonfiction: To the Pole Fiction: From Where We're Going...21 Unit 5 Nonfiction: A Short History of the Match Fiction: A Native-American Fire Tale...25 Unit 6 Nonfiction: The Road with Two-Humped Camels Fiction: Worth Its Weight in Gold Unit 7 Nonfiction: The Escape Artist...32 Fiction: The Charlatan Unit 8 Nonfiction: No Singing Birds and Dogs...36 Fiction: Unusual Canine Occupations...37 Unit 9 Nonfiction: Canada's Peculiar Trees...40 Fiction: Canada Trivia...41 Unit 10 Nonfiction: One-Handed Rescue Fiction: When the Goal Is Survival Unit 11 Nonfiction: New Communication Forms...48 Fiction: Succor Unit 12 Nonfiction: The Disliked Hat...52 Fiction: Her Own Personal Style...53 Unit 13 Nonfiction: A Different Type of Bank...56 Fiction: The Vehicle of Life...57 Unit 14 Nonfiction: Two Early Motorcycle Racers Fiction: Hog Ride...61 Unit 15 Nonfiction: A Social Mob...64 Fiction: Babysitting Like a Meerkat...65 Unit 16 Nonfiction: A New Type of Swimsuit...68 Fiction: Breaking the World Record...69 Unit 17 Nonfiction: The World's Largest Flat...72 Fiction: Letter from La Paz...73 Unit 18 Nonfiction: Murphy's Law...76 Fiction: A Wrong That Was Right...77 #2917 Paired Passages 2 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.

3 Table of Contents (cont.) Unit 19 Nonfiction: Found, but Position Secret Fiction: The Avian Beast...81 Unit 20 Nonfiction: A Problem that Makes People Angry...84 Fiction: Conundrums...85 Unit 21 Nonfiction: A Historic Handshake...88 Fiction: Chunnel Journal...89 Unit 22 Nonfiction: The Man Who Preserved Blood Fiction: One, Two, or Three Unit 23 Nonfiction: What Stopped Columbus Fiction: The Only Reptile with a Shell...97 Unit 24 Nonfiction: Where Voting Is the Law Fiction: The Scam Unit 25 Nonfiction: The Blue Men Fiction: My Dream Career Bibliography Answer Key Introduction After it took doctors two weeks to remove more than 200 wooden splinters from Boyd s body, he became known as Slivers. * * * * * My aunt and uncle just bought some new hogs, and I ll ride on the back of one of them. If a student read either one of these statements out of context, the student might have a difficult time knowing which statement was fiction and which one was nonfiction. In addition, the student would have no idea how the two statements could be tied together or used to support an argument or idea. If, on the other hand, the student read these statements in context and understood how they fit into an entire passage, the student would be able to answer with confidence that, as strange as it may seem, one motorcycle racer did indeed need over 200 wooden splinters removed from his body because racing tracks were once constructed out of unsanded boards. The student would then be able to compare, contrast, or tie this fact to a fictitious passage where the derivation of the nickname hogs for motorcycles comes up when two students are discussing how they will get home from school. (Both passages deal with early motorcycles.) Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 3 #2917 Paired Passages

4 The Last Man Nonfiction The massive stadium in Mexico City was almost empty. Only a few thousand spectators lingered in the stands. No one thought there was reason to stay. It had been over an hour since the gold-medal winner for the 1968 Olympic marathon race had crossed the finish line. Any drama left in this over-26-mile (41.6 km) grueling endurance race was long past. Or was it? John Stephen Akhwari, a runner from Tanzania, entered the stadium. The last runner, Akhwari was in obvious pain. One leg was bloody and bandaged, and with every step Akhwari winced in agony. Refusing to quit, Akhwari circled the empty track, struggling to make it to the finish line. At first the spectators were puzzled. Why would anyone in such agonizing pain continue? The winners had already been determined and had left. Then the spectators realized something. They realized they were witness to, as one reporter later wrote, a runner who symbolizes the finest in the human spirit... a performance that gave meaning to the word courage. One by one the spectators began a slow, steady clap. Soon, everyone remaining was clapping. They clapped until Akhwari struggled across the finish line. Then they began to cheer. They cheered as if Akhwari was not the last runner, but the first. After the race, Akhwari was asked the question that was on most spectators minds: Why would anyone in such agonizing pain continue when there was no chance of winning? Akhwari s answer was eloquent in its simplicity: My country did not send me to Mexico City to start the race, Akhwari replied. They sent me to finish the race. #2917 Paired Passages 8 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.

5 A Pace Too Slow Fiction Lily took a deep breath to calm her nerves. Then, she began to speak: For my oral report on an Olympic athlete, I chose Emil Zatopek. Zatopek was 30 years old when he took part in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Zatopek won two gold medals at the games, winning both the 10,000-meter and 5,000-meter runs. That would have been enough for most athletes. Instead, Zatopek said he would compete in the longest and most grueling race in the entire Olympics. He said he would compete in the marathon. Lily smiled at her classmates as she continued. Everyone couldn t believe what they were hearing, because Zatopek had never run a marathon race in his life. He had never even trained for one! The marathon is a race of endurance, and its distance was well over four times that of any race Zatopek had ever competed in before. So did he even finish? interrupted Alex. After 9 miles, Lily continued, he and the British runner Jim Peters were in the lead. Just six weeks before, Peters had run the fastest marathon in the world. Zatopek wasn t sure how he should be pacing himself, having never even trained, so he turned to Peters and asked, The pace, is it fast enough? Peters said later that he knew the pace was too fast, and he felt more exhausted than he should have felt at that point. Not wanting Zatopek to know, Peters answered, No, it s too slow. Lily s eyes lit up as she finished the story, So Zatopek thinks about what Peters says and then speeds up! And Zatopek went on to win the gold medal! Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 9 #2917 Paired Passages

6 Questions Show What You Know The following are questions based on the passages The Last Man and A Pace Too Slow. If needed, you may look back at the passages to answer the questions. 1. Akhwari winced in agony because A he had an injured leg. B he was the last runner. C he circled the empty track. D he wanted spectators to clap. 2. How many gold medals did Zatopek win at the 1952 Olympics? A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 3. What do both stories have in common? A fast runners B winning runners C endurance runners D Tanzanian runners 4. The marathon is most likely considered to be a grueling race because A it is very long and tiring. B it is an Olympic event. C it requires one to train. D it symbolizes the human spirit. 5. From the stories, what can one tell is most likely to be true? A Zatopek cared more about winning than Akhwari. B Zatopek cared less about finishing than Akhwari. C Zatopek trained harder for the Olympics than Akhwari. D Zatopek finished the marathon in less pain than Akhwari. #2917 Paired Passages 10 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.

Make bars on the graph to show the distance difference between the Olympic events Zatopek competed in. (Hint: A marathon is about 42,000 meters). The first bar is drawn in for you.

7 Questions Show What You Know (cont.) 6. Fill in the boxes with information about how the spectators felt (and why) when Akhwari did the following: entered the stadium finished the race How They Felt Why They Felt that Way 7. Make bars on the graph to show the distance difference between the Olympic events Zatopek competed in. (Hint: A marathon is about 42,000 meters). The first bar is drawn in for you. 5,000-meter run 10,000-meter run marathon distance (in thousands of meters) Write three or more sentences that tell what each story is about. 8. The Last Man 9. A Pace Too Slow 10. Think about a time when you finished or did something even though you knew you would not be first or the best. Write one or more paragraphs. Describe what you did and what you gained by finishing. (Use a separate piece of paper.) Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 11 #2917 Paired Passages

Debra J. Housel, M.S. Ed. Author

Debra J. Housel, M.S. Ed. Author Editor Eric Migliaccio Managing Editor Ina Massler Levin, M.A. Editor-in-Chief Sharon Coan, M.S. Ed. Illustrator Bruce Hedges Cover Artist Brenda DiAntonis Art Coordinator Kevin Barnes Art Director CJae