PAIREDREADWatchingtheMarchHistoricalFictionCHANGEHANGETHETHEWORLDWORLDSTEPSTEPBYBYSTEPSTEPbybyVictoriaVictoriaStSt.JohnJohnillustratedillustratedbybyEugeniaEugeniaNobatiNobatiASTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularyadversity,alliance,confinement,inflicted,reminisce,retrieved,smuggle,spindlyWordCount:2,895Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119216-8MHID:0-02-119216-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhydopeopleformalliances?Chapter1TimeforChange..............................2Chapter2TheCrowdGathers...........................5Chapter3WeMarch!...................................7Chapter4TheArrival...................................11AfterwordWhattheMarchAchieved.....................15RespondtoReading.........................16WatchingtheMarch................17FocusonGenre............................20CHANGEHANGETHETHEWORLDWORLDSTEPSTEPBYBYSTEPSTEPbybyVictoriaVictoriaStSt..JohnJohnillustratedillustratedbybyEugeniaEugeniaNobatiNobati—*—Iwokeupatthecrackofdawn,waybeforeMommaandPop,andifyouknewme,you’dknowthatdoesn’thappenoften.Mommadescribesmeasherlittle“sleepingbeauty,”butthenightbeforethebigmarch,Ibarelysleptawink—myinsidesweretwistedinaknotandmyheadwasspinning.Truthwas,Iwasworriedaboutthemarch,andnoamountoftossingandturningwasgoingtocurethat.WeweregoingtomarchfromSelmaallthewaytoMontgomery,50-somethingmilesdownthatdustyroad,withthesunbeatingonourbacksandawholelotofpeoplestaringusdown.Weweremarchingfortherightsofblackpeopletovote.Iwasalittlescared,butIknewwewouldn’tbealone—Jesse,Momma,Pop,me—becaus...