PAIREDREADRealisticFictionTheCallbySusanParisillustratedbyAleksandarSotirovskiCountryBearSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularydilemma,feebly,persistent,recoiled,roused,skewed,summon,vastnessWordCount:2,579Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118630-3MHID:0-02-118630-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhatkindsofchallengestransformpeople?Chapter1Baggage.......................................2Chapter2TheRealDeal.................................5Chapter3TheAccident.................................10RespondtoReading..........................16TheCall...........................17FocusonLiteraryElements...................20bySusanParisillustratedbyAleksandarSotirovskiCountryBearFrankiesatonthesofa,tryingtoconcentrate.Itwasdifficultwithheryoungerbrother,Lee,hoveringattheoppositeend,expressinghisfrustration.Thwack!Thwack!Thwack!Lee’stennisracketconnectedwiththeupholstery,releasingapuffofdusteachtime.Hittingthesofawasobviouslysatisfying,andFrankieresolvedtosaynothing.Ifshekeptreadingquietly,herbrothermightgiveupandgoaway.Nosuchluck.“Youdon’thavetocome,youknow,”Leewhisperedcrossly.“Whydon’tyouspendthedaywithAudrey?It’snottoolate.”Itwasagoodoption.Frankiedidn’tevenwanttogoonthehikingtrip.Afewmonthsago,DadhadsuggestedtakingLeeandhisfriendsonadaytriptoRockyMountainNationalPark.Itwasmeanttobeboysonly,butthenMomhaddecidedatthelastminutetogotoaconference,whichmeantshecouldn’ttakeFrankietotheaquarium,andthatleftFrankiestranded.Notonlythat,butnowshewasbaggage—herbrother’sunwantedbaggage,andnodoubthisfrie...
