Read the excerpt from "Raymond's Run." Every time, just before I take off in a race, I always feel like I'm in a dream, the kind of dream you have when you're sick with fever and feel all hot and weightless. I dream I'm flying over a sandy beach in the early morning sun, kissing the leaves of the trees as I fly by. And there's always the smell of apples, just like in the country when I was little and used to think I was a choo-choo train, running through the fields of corn and chugging up the hill to the orchard. And all the time I'm dreaming this, I get lighter and lighter until I'm flying over the beach again, getting blown through the sky like a feather that weighs nothing at all. But once I spread my fingers in the dirt and crouch over the Get on Your Mark, the dream goes and I am solid again and am telling myself, Squeaky you must win, you must win, you are the fastest thing in the world, you can even beat your father up Amsterdam if you really try. And then I feel my weight coming back just behind my knees then down to my feet then into the earth and the pistol shot explodes in my blood and I am off and weightless again, flying past the other runners, my arms pumping up and down and the whole world is quiet except for the crunch as I zoom over the gravel in the track. I glance to my left and there is no one. To the right, a blurred Gretchen, who's got her chin jutting out as if it would win the race all by itself. Which line from the excerpt best supports the theme that "Anything is possible with the right frame of mind"?
Which statement is the best example of a theme in "Raymond's Run"?
Read the student paragraph about a theme presented in "Raymond's Run." One theme in this story is self-confidence. Squeaky exhibits self confidence when she runs into the other girls on the street. When Rosie says to Squeaky, "I don’t think you’re going to win this time," Squeaky replies, "I always win 'cause I’m the best." The fact that Squeaky does not get nervous and she stands up to a group of girls shows that she has self confidence. According to the PIE structure for writing about theme, in this paragraph, the student forgets to
Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.” Maybe she’d like to help me coach Raymond; she obviously is serious about running, as any fool can see. And she nods to congratulate me and then she smiles. And I smile. We stand there with this big smile of respect between us. It’s about as real a smile as girls can do for each other, considering we don’t practice real smiling every day, you know, cause maybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people. The text evidence in this excerpt best supports the idea that Squeaky
Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.” And I’m smiling to beat the band cause if I’ve lost this race, or if me and Gretchen tied, or even if I’ve won, I can always retire as a runner and begin a whole new career as a coach with Raymond as my champion. After all, with a little more study I can beat Cynthia and her phony self at the spelling bee. And if I bugged my mother, I could get piano lessons and become a star. What theme is best illustrated in this excerpt?
Read the student paragraph about a theme presented in “Raymond's Run.” One theme in this story is “Treat others the way you would like for them to treat you.” Squeaky feels that adults should give kids the same respect that they expect from them. When Mr. Pearson calls Squeaky by her nickname, she thinks, “. . . he’s got no right to call me Squeaky, if I can’t call him Beanstalk.” According to the PIE structure for writing about theme, what is missing from this paragraph that should be present?
Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.” And I’m smiling to beat the band cause if I’ve lost this race, or if me and Gretchen tied, or even if I’ve won, I can always retire as a runner and begin a whole new career as a coach with Raymond as my champion. After all, with a little more study I can beat Cynthia and her phony self at the spelling bee. And if I bugged my mother, I could get piano lessons and become a star. And I have a big rep as the baddest thing around. And I’ve got a roomful of ribbons and medals and awards. But what has Raymond got to call his own? How does this excerpt provide evidence of the theme “Real champions care about others’ feelings”?
Read the sentence from “Raymond's Run.” I take my time getting to the park on May Day because the track meet is the last thing on the program. Which word in this sentence is a transition?
Which line from “Raymond's Run” provides the best evidence that Squeaky has self confidence?
Which line from “Raymond's Run” is evidence that Squeaky has courage?
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