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1、www.readinga-Takehitos TangoTakehitos TangoA Reading AZ Level X Leveled BookWord Count:2,028Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Written by Steven AccardiIllustrated by Linda PierceLEVELED BOOK XWritten by Steven AccardiIllustrated by Linda PierceTakehitos TangoTakehitos TangoLev

2、el X Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Steven AccardiIllustrated by Linda PierceAll rights reserved.www.readinga-www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL XS4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA1920“Now Takehito will perform the tango with his partner,Melinda,”said Mrs.Klein over the microphone.The two got in

3、to position.The music began and they waited for the right beat.“Are you ready,cowboy?”Takehito smiled,knowing that he had made at least one friend.Glossaryaudience (n.)a group of people gathered to see and hear a performance or concert(p.15)awkward (adj.)difficult or uncomfortable,especially as rela

4、ted to body position(p.16)clumsily (adv.)in a way that lacks physical grace or coordination(p.17)deliberate (adj.)slow or careful movement or action(p.13)entranced (adj.)filled with wonder(p.11)footwork (n.)the movement of feet in dancing(p.13)performance (n.)a show,such as a play,a piece of music,o

5、r another kind of entertainment in front of an audience(p.5)rhythm (n.)a regular pattern of sound,with accents at fixed times(p.14)spectators (n.)people who watch an event without taking part(p.17)traditionally according to ritual or action that(adv.)is passed down from year to year and generation t

6、o generation(p.16)Takehitos Tango Level XWritten by Steven AccardiIllustrated by Linda PierceTakehitos TangoTakehitos TangoLevel X Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Steven AccardiIllustrated by Linda PierceAll rights reserved.www.readinga-www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL XS4040Fountas&PinnellReading R

7、ecoveryDRA1920“Now Takehito will perform the tango with his partner,Melinda,”said Mrs.Klein over the microphone.The two got into position.The music began and they waited for the right beat.“Are you ready,cowboy?”Takehito smiled,knowing that he had made at least one friend.Glossaryaudience (n.)a grou

8、p of people gathered to see and hear a performance or concert(p.15)awkward (adj.)difficult or uncomfortable,especially as related to body position(p.16)clumsily (adv.)in a way that lacks physical grace or coordination(p.17)deliberate (adj.)slow or careful movement or action(p.13)entranced (adj.)fill

9、ed with wonder(p.11)footwork (n.)the movement of feet in dancing(p.13)performance (n.)a show,such as a play,a piece of music,or another kind of entertainment in front of an audience(p.5)rhythm (n.)a regular pattern of sound,with accents at fixed times(p.14)spectators (n.)people who watch an event wi

10、thout taking part(p.17)traditionally according to ritual or action that(adv.)is passed down from year to year and generation to generation(p.16)Takehitos Tango Level X1718And so they began,clumsily at first,shuffling and stumbling,but eventually getting the hang of it.A small crowd of onlookers,many

11、 more than before,began to form.Manny pointed them out to the dancers again.They laughed.A few people who walked past them on the sidewalk applauded or cheered;others even began dancing with them.Takehito became distracted.He would watch the spectators rather than where and how he was dancing.Then,s

12、uddenly,he slipped off the curb.“Are you okay?”Melinda gasped.“You were dancing so well.”Takehito was down on the street,clutching his ankle,which was swelling up fast.Manny flipped open his cooler and scooped some ice into a small bag.He gave it to Melinda,who handed it to Takehito.He pressed the b

13、ag of ice onto his swollen ankle and winced.“I think thats all for today,”said Manny,worried.Melinda turned off the music.The Talent ShowTakehito stood behind the curtain backstage,nervously wringing out his hands and feeling as though birds were twittering around in his stomach.Melinda seemed to be

14、 feeling just the opposite as she walked around,laughing and saying hello to her former teachers.Then Mrs.Klein came by to inform the couple that they were to perform next.Takehito lifted up his pant leg to see that his ankle was still a bit swollen.He imagined his ankle returning to its normal size

15、,the curtains opening,and the entire student body staring at him,pointing and laughing.He stepped to the center of the stage,slowly and deliberately,his spurs pinging with each step,his hat covering his face.All went still.Then he shot up his head as the spotlight flashed on him and the music fired.

16、Melinda came running toward him,and suddenly they were in rhythm,stride-for-stride,in synch,banging out a fierce tango.The crowd screamed wildly .then the curtains opened.Takehitos Tango Level X34Table of ContentsTakehitos Talent .4How to Show Off.9Lets Dance.13Tango Lessons .15The Talent Show .18Gl

17、ossary .20Takehitos TalentThe train gained speed and began to pull away from Takehito(tah-kay-HE-toe).His trusty steeds stride faltered from exhaustion after chasing the clanging monster down its tracks.Fearing he wouldnt catch the train,the Japanese cowboy reached for his lasso.The horse huffed.The

18、 gap widened.Takehito tossed his rope.Success.The lasso tightened around a spire atop the caboose.Holding his breath,Takehito kicked his boots out from the stirrups and set sailing off his horse and into the airnearly flying toward the train.But then,just moments before he kicked through the trains

19、back door,he heard a voice.Takehitos Tango Level X34Table of ContentsTakehitos Talent .4How to Show Off.9Lets Dance.13Tango Lessons .15The Talent Show .18Glossary .20Takehitos TalentThe train gained speed and began to pull away from Takehito(tah-kay-HE-toe).His trusty steeds stride faltered from exh

20、austion after chasing the clanging monster down its tracks.Fearing he wouldnt catch the train,the Japanese cowboy reached for his lasso.The horse huffed.The gap widened.Takehito tossed his rope.Success.The lasso tightened around a spire atop the caboose.Holding his breath,Takehito kicked his boots o

21、ut from the stirrups and set sailing off his horse and into the airnearly flying toward the train.But then,just moments before he kicked through the trains back door,he heard a voice.Takehitos Tango Level X1718And so they began,clumsily at first,shuffling and stumbling,but eventually getting the han

22、g of it.A small crowd of onlookers,many more than before,began to form.Manny pointed them out to the dancers again.They laughed.A few people who walked past them on the sidewalk applauded or cheered;others even began dancing with them.Takehito became distracted.He would watch the spectators rather t

23、han where and how he was dancing.Then,suddenly,he slipped off the curb.“Are you okay?”Melinda gasped.“You were dancing so well.”Takehito was down on the street,clutching his ankle,which was swelling up fast.Manny flipped open his cooler and scooped some ice into a small bag.He gave it to Melinda,who

24、 handed it to Takehito.He pressed the bag of ice onto his swollen ankle and winced.“I think thats all for today,”said Manny,worried.Melinda turned off the music.The Talent ShowTakehito stood behind the curtain backstage,nervously wringing out his hands and feeling as though birds were twittering aro

25、und in his stomach.Melinda seemed to be feeling just the opposite as she walked around,laughing and saying hello to her former teachers.Then Mrs.Klein came by to inform the couple that they were to perform next.Takehito lifted up his pant leg to see that his ankle was still a bit swollen.He imagined

26、 his ankle returning to its normal size,the curtains opening,and the entire student body staring at him,pointing and laughing.He stepped to the center of the stage,slowly and deliberately,his spurs pinging with each step,his hat covering his face.All went still.Then he shot up his head as the spotli

27、ght flashed on him and the music fired.Melinda came running toward him,and suddenly they were in rhythm,stride-for-stride,in synch,banging out a fierce tango.The crowd screamed wildly .then the curtains opened.Takehitos Tango Level X1516Tango LessonsOn Thursday,a small audience gathered around Manny

28、s cart.A few of the neighborhood locals heard of the young couples dancing and wanted to watch,yet before they did,they enjoyed Mannys elotes.Finally,Melinda stepped forward.“Today,we dance.”She turned on the music.The song was Tango en el Parque.“But first,we must get into the proper tango position

29、.”She took Takehitos right arm and positioned it around her back,so that the fingers of his right hand lay across her spine.Then Melinda hooked her forearm underneath his elbow and upper arm with her wrist positioned directly underneath his arm,her palm facing inward,and her fingers just reaching hi

30、s torso.Next,she grabbed his left hand with her right hand and held it at her eye level,which raised their elbows.Feeling rather awkward,Takehito crinkled his brow.“Are you sure about this?I feel uncomfortable,like at school pictures.”“It will feel better once we start moving.”Melinda explained that

31、 traditionally,Takehito would lead the dance because of his gender;however,because she knew the tango and he didnt,she would lead and he would follow.Right before they began,though,she offered one last bit of advice.“Anytime we move forward,well gradually curve to the left,and if we decide to walk b

32、ackward,well also curve to the left.”“What?”questioned Takehito,looking perplexed.“Trust me.On three.”Takehitos Tango Level X56“And what performance will you present at the talent show,Takehito?”It was as though his rope had come loose and he had crashed on the track.The young cowboy jerked his head

33、 up from his daydream.Takehitos fifth-grade teacher,Mrs.Klein,had spoken and was glaring down at him now.Takehito had been staring out the window from his desk while Mrs.Klein paced up and down the rows of desks to ask each student what talent he or she would perform for the show.The rest of the cla

34、ss and Takehitos teacher were now staring and waiting for his answer.“Mrs.Klein,”Brent interrupted,“is daydreaming a talent?”Several students giggled.Brent was the most popular boy in the class.“No,Brent,daydreaming is not a talent,but neither is interrupting your teacher,and you seem to do that as

35、often as Takehito daydreams,”Mrs.Klein snapped.Takehitos face popped beet-red.He didnt know what to say.Luckily for him,the bell rang,signaling the end of the school day.Takehito quickly gathered his books and got up to leave,but Mrs.Klein stopped him.Takehitos Tango Level X56“And what performance w

36、ill you present at the talent show,Takehito?”It was as though his rope had come loose and he had crashed on the track.The young cowboy jerked his head up from his daydream.Takehitos fifth-grade teacher,Mrs.Klein,had spoken and was glaring down at him now.Takehito had been staring out the window from

37、 his desk while Mrs.Klein paced up and down the rows of desks to ask each student what talent he or she would perform for the show.The rest of the class and Takehitos teacher were now staring and waiting for his answer.“Mrs.Klein,”Brent interrupted,“is daydreaming a talent?”Several students giggled.

38、Brent was the most popular boy in the class.“No,Brent,daydreaming is not a talent,but neither is interrupting your teacher,and you seem to do that as often as Takehito daydreams,”Mrs.Klein snapped.Takehitos face popped beet-red.He didnt know what to say.Luckily for him,the bell rang,signaling the en

39、d of the school day.Takehito quickly gathered his books and got up to leave,but Mrs.Klein stopped him.Takehitos Tango Level X1516Tango LessonsOn Thursday,a small audience gathered around Mannys cart.A few of the neighborhood locals heard of the young couples dancing and wanted to watch,yet before th

40、ey did,they enjoyed Mannys elotes.Finally,Melinda stepped forward.“Today,we dance.”She turned on the music.The song was Tango en el Parque.“But first,we must get into the proper tango position.”She took Takehitos right arm and positioned it around her back,so that the fingers of his right hand lay a

41、cross her spine.Then Melinda hooked her forearm underneath his elbow and upper arm with her wrist positioned directly underneath his arm,her palm facing inward,and her fingers just reaching his torso.Next,she grabbed his left hand with her right hand and held it at her eye level,which raised their e

42、lbows.Feeling rather awkward,Takehito crinkled his brow.“Are you sure about this?I feel uncomfortable,like at school pictures.”“It will feel better once we start moving.”Melinda explained that traditionally,Takehito would lead the dance because of his gender;however,because she knew the tango and he

43、 didnt,she would lead and he would follow.Right before they began,though,she offered one last bit of advice.“Anytime we move forward,well gradually curve to the left,and if we decide to walk backward,well also curve to the left.”“What?”questioned Takehito,looking perplexed.“Trust me.On three.”Takehi

44、tos Tango Level X1314Lets DanceAfter school the next day,with his mothers permission,Takehito met Mannys daughter,Melinda,at the elote cart.She was in eighth grade and planned to help her father with the cart after school anyway,but when he suggested she help Takehito learn the tango,she was thrille

45、d.She loved to dance.The two shook hands.“Well begin with the footwork.”She stood in front of him and pointed to her right foot.“Every step you take is deliberate,exaggerated.When you walk forward,strike your heel first,then your toeheel,toe,heel,toe,heel,toe.”Melinda demonstrated this vertical move

46、ment to Takehito,keeping her left foot stationary while moving her right foot up and down.“Got it?”“I think so,”Takehito replied.“Then,lets walk.”Melinda and Takehito walked arm-in-arm,up and down the sidewalk,forward and backward.“The goal here,Takehito,is to walk like a cat.Stalk and pouncesometim

47、es slow,sometimes quick,sometimes slithery,sometimes sharp.”They began to fall into a rhythm as Melinda continued.“My uncle said that the tango is over a hundred years old.Lots of people from different culturesAfrican,Indian,French,Spanish,Italiancreated what were doing right now.As the story goes,i

48、n the late 1800s,European and African immigrants danced with the locals in Buenos Aires.The result was a hodgepodge of movements,and the tango was born.”Takehito was working up a sweat.They moved faster and faster,slowing down and then speeding up again.He liked the changes of pace because they made

49、 him move like what he figured it would be like to ride a horse.Manny pointed out to the two of them that several people across the street had stopped to watch them dance.Manny smiled and waved.Takehitos Tango Level X78“Dont even think about having your mother call in sick for you this year.Understo

50、od?”He slowly nodded.Mrs.Klein stepped aside to let Takehito pass.As he walked out of the classroom,the last cars of the elevated commuter train rushed by the schools windows.Mrs.Klein worried about Takehito.Last year,he and his mother emigrated from Japan to Chicago.He had not made friends easily.S