Instruction
Active
Identifying the Writer's Reactions
How does the narrator react to being in the soccer
game?
It was mid-game and I felt energized. I saw the ball
making its way toward me and went in for it. Richard
Neeland had the ball. I ran up and kicked it through his
legs. A surge of adrenaline ran through me.
- "I'm Not Thirteen Yet,"
Amy Bernstein
She gets tired.
She gets worried.
She gets nervous.
She gets excited

Consider the text and its central idea. informational text: one privilege that many teens look forward to is the ability to earn a driver’s license. driver’s licensing requirements are not the same in every state. in some states, young people can be fully licensed before their sixteenth birthday. in other states, the privilege to drive has some restrictions until the driver is eighteen years old. in every state, driver education is a required step in earning a license. students might earn a permit, or provisional license, and spend six months to a year driving with an adult in the car. since states are very different based on population, development, and roadways, the laws are different, too. central idea: states makes different laws about licensing drivers with some similar requirements. what supporting detail is most important to include in a summary of this text? teens get excited about learning to drive. in some states, kids can get their license on their birthday. some states are heavily populated, with dangerous roads to navigate. every state includes driver education as part of licensing requirements.