FairyTalebyJamesMCNaughtonillustratedbyrebeccaKereopaTalkingTheTheEggsggsPAIREDREADTheSalamanderSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategySimileandMetaphorVocabularycircumstances,consideration,consults,destiny,expectations,presence,reveal,unsureACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119242-7MHID:0-02-119242-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110WordCount:2,751PAIREDREADChapter1TwoDaughters...............................2Chapter2TheOldWoman.............................5Chapter3BlancheandtheEggs........................8Chapter4RoseandtheEggs.......................13RespondtoReading........................16TheSalamander...................17FocusonGenre..........................20EssentialQuestionWhatcanyoudotogettheinformationyouneed?byJamesMCNaughtonillustratedbyrebeccaKereopaTalkingTheThebyJamesEggsggsTherewasonceacruelwomanwhohadtwodaughters,namedRoseandBlanche.Rose’snamewasmisleading—shewasasmeanasasnake—butheryoungersister’snamesuitedherbecause“blanche”isFrenchforwhiteandpure.Blanchewassweetandbright,buthermotherlikedRosebetter.Roseandhermotherwereliketwopeasinapod.TheywerebothterriblylazyandlikednothingbetterthanbeingmeantoBlanche.ThemothermadeBlanchedoalloftheworkaroundthehouse.Blanchehadtogetupbeforedawneverymorningtolightthefire,cook,clean,wash,andthentendthegarden.Roseandhermotheralwayssatintheirrockingchairsfrommorningtonightandcriticizedherwork.“Youmissedaweed,”RoseoftengripedwhenBlanchewasworkinginthegarden.“There’saspotonthatdress,”hermotherusuallyscoldedwhenBlanchewashangingupthewashing.Thentheykeptrockingtheirchairs,each...
