PAIREDREADOneGrainofRiceTallTalebyMAYKENNEDYillustratedbyAlvaroFernandezVillaSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAWordCount:2,175ComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategySynonymsandAntonymsVocabularycommenced,deeds,exaggeration,heroic,impress,posed,sauntered,wringCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118562-7MHID:0-02-118562-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheGiantBaby..........................2Chapter2AWorldofBlue.........................6Chapter3TheGiantLumberjack...................10RespondtoReading....................16OneGrainofRice..............17FocusonGenre........................20EssentialQuestionWhatkindsofstoriesdowetell?Whydowetellthem?byMAYKENNEDYillustratedbyAlvaroFernandezVillaLongagointhestateofMaine,agiantbabyboywasborn.Whenthebabywasonlytwoweeksold,hewasaslargeasanadult.Andhehadagiganticblackbushybeard!Thebaby’snamewasPaulBunyan.Hegrewandgrew.Bythetimehewasjustninemonthsold,hewas10feettall!Hehadtoweartheclothesofanextremelylargeman.Heworebluejeans,aredplaidshirt,andhugeleatherboots.WhenbabyPaulBunyanstartedtocrawl,itwasasifanearthquakehadstruck.Thegroundshook,thebuildingsinthevillagewobbled,andthetreesintheforestrockedfromsidetoside.Chate1at2Theshakinggroundfrightenedthetownsfolk.Theycrouchedinsidedoorwaysanddivedundertables,stayinglikethatuntiltheshakingsubsided.Ofcourse,theshakinghardlyeverstopped.Babiesliketoexploretheirsurroundings,andPaulBunyanwasnoexception.TheunhappytownsfolkdemandedthatPaulBunyan’sparentsdosomethingabouttheirbaby.HisparentsreluctantlyplacedtheirbelovedboyinahugefloatingcradleandthenpushedthecradleoffthecoastofMaine.“Farewe...
