PAIREDREADHowCoquiGotHerSongTallTaleILLUSTRATEDBYSARABENECINOBYALIMACKISACKSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAWordCount:2,733ComprehensionStrategy: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:978-0-02-119071-3MHID:0-02-119071-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1AnAmazingBaby.............................2Chapter2SallyAnnMeetsDavyCrockett................7Chapter3SallyAnnMeetsMikeFink....................12RespondtoReading.........................16HowCoquiGotHerSong..........17FocusonGenre............................20EssentialQuestionWhatkindsofstoriesdowetell?Whydowetellthem?ILLUSTRATEDBYSARABENECINOBYALIMACKISACKTwohundredyearsago,anastonishingbabywasborn.MaandPaWhirlwindalreadyhadnineboys,sotheyweresurprisedtofindthemselvesblessedwithababygirl.“She’samazing!”herhappyparentscried.“We’llcallherSallyAnn.”Buttheninebrotherswerenotsothrilledabouthavingababygirlintheirfamily.Theyhadallbeenhopingforanotherbrother.Thentheywouldhavehadevennumbersfortheirteam-wrestling,mountain-racing,waterfall-diving,andtree-climbingcontests.TheywereevenlessexcitedwhenSallyAnnopenedhermouthandcriedforthefirsttime.Thatbabygirlholleredsoloudlythatthethunderclappedinsurprise.Thenoiseknockedtheheadfeathersoffalltheeaglesintheentirestate.Thebrotherspickedthemselvesupofftheground.Theforceoftheirbabysister’sfirsthollerhadknockedthemoverinapile.“Iwouldn’tcallherSallyAnn,”theyoungestbrothermuttered.“ThunderAnnismorelikeit.”AndsothatholleringinfantbecameknownasSallyAnnThunderAnnWhirlwind.CHAPTER12I...
