Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources
Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources
Grade 7 Reading Comprehensions
 Rodeo Girl

Rodeo Girl
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grade 7
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.24

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    claustrophobia, expedient, figment, inundate, rodeo-loving, untaped, jargon, mobility, best, cloverleaf, gagging, hobble, attribute, renowned, counterfeit, alliance
     content words:    Junior Division, Starr Quality, Thunder Woman, Finally Hayleigh

Print Rodeo Girl
     Print Rodeo Girl  (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more)

Quickly Print - PDF format
     Quickly Print: PDF (2 columns per page)
     Quickly Print: PDF (full page)

Quickly Print - HTML format
     Quickly Print: HTML

Proofreading Activity
     Print a proofreading activity

Feedback on Rodeo Girl
     Leave your feedback on Rodeo Girl  (use this link if you found an error in the story)

Rodeo Girl
By Brenda B. Covert 		  
1     Because Hayleigh had suffered recurring injuries to her left ankle, she mounted her quarter horse gingerly, putting her foot into the stirrup on the near side and swinging her right leg over. The sharp pain in her joint made her wince. After her last injury, the doctor had cautioned her to reduce her mobility, but she couldn't afford to slow down and give her ankle a rest. Not only would being stuck in the house give her claustrophobia, but the rodeo was Saturday! The expectation of her father was that Hayleigh would win first prize in the junior division.
 
2     "Shouldn't you be on the couch with an ice pack?" Logan asked as he led his thoroughbred, Starr Quality, out to the race track. His concern might seem genuine to others, but Hayleigh knew it was counterfeit.
 
3     "I hope Starr throws you in a puddle," Hayleigh said peevishly. Her brother always raced around the track on his horse while making fun of Hayleigh as she practiced her barrel racing skills. Logan bragged about Starr's speed, but Hayleigh knew that Starr could never beat her quarter horse, Thunder Woman, in a race. The ability to be quick off the mark was an attribute for which quarter horses were renowned.
 
4     "Hayleigh!" her father called. "Did you ice down that ankle? Did you tape it? We can't allow another injury." He adjusted his cowboy hat and strode toward her, which did not improve Hayleigh's disposition. He pulled her foot out of the stirrup and whipped her boot off to discover her swollen, untaped ankle. "What is wrong with you?" he exploded. "You are going to injure your ankle again if you don't take care of it!"
 
5     Storm clouds hovered over Hayleigh as she struggled to extract her foot from her father's grip. "Look, my boot won't fit over a taped ankle," she shot back. "I can take the pain. I'm not a baby."
 
6     Hayleigh's father must have formed a secret alliance with the doctor, because he yanked her off her horse and carried her back to the house to tape her ankle himself. Ignoring the strained "ow" coming from between gritted teeth, Mr. Pace wrapped her injured ankle tightly. "I can't fathom your refusal to take care of this ankle," he said shortly. "This injury isn't a figment of your imagination. Think of the consequences to your body of not taking care of it. Don't you know that you can do permanent damage to your ankle?"
 
7     "If you're getting ready to inundate me with medical jargon, save it," Hayleigh muttered. "I've cleared bigger obstacles than this." She swung her legs to the floor and stood up to test her ankle before trying on her boot. To her surprise, it did fit over the tape.
 
8     "Watch your mouth, young lady," her father said, giving her backside a swat.

Paragraphs 9 to 16:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable
Weekly Reading Books

          Create Weekly Reading Books

Prepare for an entire week at once!

Grade 7 Reading Comprehensions
             Grade 7 Reading Comprehensions

More Activities, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets


Back to School
Graphic Organizers
Alphabet Worksheets
Sight Words
Math Worksheets
Mazes
50 States
Education
Teaching

Monthly Themes
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Fractions
Place Value
Time and Calendar
Money
Earth Day
Solar System
Analogies
Nouns
Following Directions
Listening
Capitalization
Cursive Writing
Patterns and Sequencing
Dinosaurs
All About Me

Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
Multiplication
Division
Main Idea
Cause and Effect
Measurement
Decimals
Rounding
Order of Operations
Verbs
Community Helpers
Adjectives
Plants
Grammar
Addition and Subtraction
Contractions
Bulletin Board Ideas
Word Searches
Crossword Puzzles
Printable Puzzles

Reading Comprehension
Reading Skills
English Language Arts



Copyright © 2017 edHelper