PAIREDREADBecomingBullyProofRealisticFictionorENEMYENEMYAlly?byMayKennedyillustratedbyBridgetMunrobyMayKennedyillustratedbyBridgetMunroSTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordCount:2,538**ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyConnotationandDenotationVocabularyabruptly,ally,collided,confident,conflict,intervene,protective,tauntingContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118568-9MHID:0-02-118568-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1CuriouslyDifferent...........................2Chapter2ASparkofanIdea..........................6Chapter3ALightSwitchesOn!........................11RespondtoReading........................16BecomingBullyProof.............17FocusonLiteraryElements................20EssentialQuestionWhatactionscanwetaketogetalongwithothers?ENEMYENEMYAlly?byMayKennedyillustratedbyBridgetMunrobyMayKennedyillustratedbyBridgetMunrooror“You’regoingtoworkinpairsforthisproject,”saidMrs.Tyler.Adamgroaned.Hehatedworkinginpairsbecausehealwaysendedupwithaterriblepartner.“Iwantyoutofindauniquewayofshowingwhatwehavelearnedaboutthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenplantsandanimals,”theteachercontinued.“I’llgiveyoutimetoworkonitduringtheweek.OnFridayyou’llpresentyourworktotheclass.”Mrs.Tylerhadalreadyplacedeveryonewithapartner.Shebeganreadingthelist.WhenAdamheardhispartnerwasToby,herolledhiseyesandslumpedinhisseat.“Howcouldshedothat?”hethought.“JustbecauseourlastnamesbothstartwithA!”AdamAnder...
