PAIREDREADInInDramaDramaValleyValleyFantasyInDramaValleyBYDIANANOONANILLUSTRATEDBYCHERYLCOOKMedicinefromtheSeaSTRATEGIES&SKILLS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Wordcount:2,464**ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyContextClues:ComparisonVocabularycivilization,complex,cultivate,devise,fashioned,resourceful,shortage,tormentorsContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118613-6MHID:0-02-118613-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110APAIREDREADInInDramaDramaValleyValleyEssentialQuestionHowcanlearningaboutnaturebeuseful?Chapter1BeyondtheCave............................2Chapter2Good-byeCivilization.........................6Chapter3StrangebutWonderful.......................11RespondtoReading........................16MedicinefromtheSea............17FocusonGenre...........................20InDramaValleyBYDIANANOONANILLUSTRATEDBYCHERYLCOOK“Doyouhaveyourlifejacketson,everyone?”askedMr.Prentice.Ellecheckedthezipperonherlifejacketforthethirdtime.Itwasnotthatshewasapprehensiveaboutbeinginthewilderness—shewasjustworriedabouthowusefulthiscampingtripwasgoingtobefortheirdramastudies.Mr.Prenticehadarrivedatschoolatthestartofthemonth.AlthoughElle’sclasshadbeenlookingforwardtohavinganewdramateacher,Mr.Prenticehadnotbeenquitewhatthey’dimagined.Hewaskindandunderstanding,andfunnytoo,buthedidnotexactlydoalotofdrama.Intwomoreweeks,theclasswouldhavetoperformaplaytheyhadwrittenthemselves.Sofar,though,Mr.Prenticehadnotevenorganizedabrainstormingsession—andnowhereth...
