byMelanieDreweryillustratedbyDanSherboThinkHard,ThinkFastPAIREDREADRealisticFictionHowManyHands?STRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularydilemma,feebly,persistent,recoiled,roused,skewed,summon,vastnessELLVocabularyallergic,reaction,reluctantlyWordCount:2,126Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118677-8MHID:0-02-118677-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ADayinthePark.............................2Chapter2TheSting....................................5Chapter3ASevereReaction............................8Chapter4EmergencyCall..............................12RespondtoReading.........................16HowManyHands?.................17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionWhatkindsofchallengestransformpeople?byMelanieDreweryillustratedbyDanSherboThinkHard,ThinkFast“Areyoureadyyet,Jason?”Jason’smomasked.Jasonhadbeenworkingonhissketch,andhisroomstilllookedlikeadisaster.Hewassupposedtogototheparkwithhismomandlittlesister,Kelly,buthestillhadnotfinishedhischores.“Almostfinished!”heshouted.Heshovedgames,books,andshoesunderhisbed.Hestuffedhissketchintoadrawer.Nowhejustneededtoputhislaundryinthewashingmachine.Kellymarchedintohisroom.“Areyouready,areyouready,”shesang.Jasonshouted,“Don’tnag,youpest!”HerantothelaundryroomandsawMomthere.Shesighedandsaid,“Wehavetonag,oryoudon’tdothechores,Jason.WhenisTomcoming?”laundryJasonChapter12Jasongroaned.He’dbeenbusywithsoccerpracticeandhomeworkandhadforgottentocallTomlastnight.“I’llcallhimnow,”hesaid.Momsaid,“No,it’stoolate.Youshouldn’tforgetaboutthingsl...
