"Take five, Lena!" Coach Ramirez shouted. Lena stomped off the soccer field in frustration. She had missed another easy shot at the goal, and when the coach noticed her shaking her fists, he gave her a time-out.
"Kate, you're in," he added, replacing Lena as forward.
Kate was the best player on the team. She ran faster and scored more goals than anyone else and could do fancy tricks like the soccer stars on TV. The other players nicknamed her "Super Star." Yet she didn't brag or act like a big shot at all. She was kind and encouraging to the other girls, which only made Lena envy her more.
Lena watched from the sidelines, feeling glum. Why is Kate so terrific? she wondered. She noticed how Kate kept her eyes darting around so she knew which players were open, and she noticed how precisely Kate sent the ball flying to her teammates. Soccer seemed to come naturally to Kate in a way that it didn't for Lena.
When the game ended with a win for their team, Lena swallowed her pride and walked up to congratulate Kate.
"You had some great moves today," Lena told her.
"Thanks. It was a solid game," Kate replied. "Hey, before I forget—can I ask you a favor?"
"Sure. What?" Lena asked, surprised.
"I bombed the French test last week," Kate said, "and my parents are making me quit soccer if I don't do better." She took a deep breath. "You're, like, the best student in class. Would you study with me sometime?"
"Of course," Lena said. "Whenever you want." Kate thanked her and jogged away. Lena shook her head in disbelief. Maybe no one in French class called her "Super Star," but she felt like one all the same.
Answer the theme
1.Everybody struggles with something
2. Practice is the only way to improve
3.Pick your role models carefully

1. Everybody struggles with something

Explanation:

Lena struggles with soccer while Kate struggles with French.

what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).