In the article “A Valuable Lesson” the challenge the main character faced was that she had to perform on an event that she wasn't as good in. The sentence that helped me identify the challenge the main character faced and proves that she had to perform on an event that is not her strongest event is in paragraph 7. The main character said that Shannon’s performance was good, but nowhere near as high as what she usually scores on the balance beam performance. If the main character hadn’t switched events with Shannon, each of them would have performed …show more content…
The sentence that helped me identify the challenge and is one of the reason he had to practice playing the songs on his cello good enough to play on the winter concert is found in paragraph 24. In paragraph 24, Jeremy was told by his orchestra teacher that he may not be able to to play in the concert because he hasn’t been practicing.
The difference between the challenge in passage 1 and passage 2 is that in passage 1 is that the girl already knew how to do the floor exercises but Jeremy never practice and could not play the songs for the winter exercises.
In the Article “A Valuable Lesson” the main character tried overcoming her challenge by performing on the event she was not as good in and did not end well. On the last pass she got her footing wrong and fell.
In he articles “A Different Kind of Pride”, Jeremy practiced the concert piece line by line and practiced everyday until the orchestra concert as a result of his challenge. His urge to practicing the song led to a great ending. Jeremy was able to play in the concert, felt a sense of pride inside him, and did not let down the the