HistoricalFictionPAIREDREADFeatherellabyTerryMillerShannonILLUSTRATEDBYDARIAPETRILLITheRoomSecretASTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordCount:2,809ComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyAdagesandProverbsVocabularydisposed,eavesdropping,fortitude,infinite,retaliation,rigors,stoop,undauntedCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118660-0MHID:0-02-118660-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ASpecialErrand..............................2Chapter2ANewFriend.................................6Chapter3Emergency!..................................11RespondtoReading.........................16Featherella........................17FocusonLiteraryElements..................20EssentialQuestionHowdopeopleshowinnerstrength?SecretTheRoombyTerryMillerShannonILLUSTRATEDBYDARIAPETRILLIChapter1ASpecialErrandLizacrawledintobed,snuggledintoherpillow...andscreamed,thenleapedupandclawedfranticallyathercheek.Thensheheardherbrotherandsistergiggling.“It’sjustaworm,scaredy-cat!”Charlessniggered.Tryingtokeephervoicefromtrembling,Lizaasked,“Whydidyouputitonmypillow?”Emmalaughed,pickeduptheworm,andcarriedittothewindow.Lizatriedtolaugh,too,asifshefoundtheprankfunny,butshecouldn’tevenpretend.Shehatedwiggly,slimythings.Onceagainheryoungersiblingshadprovedhowmeekandpatheticshewas.CharlesandEmmawerebigger,stronger,andbraver.TheyknewtheycouldteaseLizawhenevertheyliked,withoutfearofretaliation.Rollingoverandpullingthequiltoverhershoulders,Lizaclosedhereyes.Sheknewsheshouldstanduptothosetwo,butdeepdown,inthemostprivatespotwithinher,sheagreedwiththem.Shewassmallerthansheshouldbe,andshewasfilledwithaninf...
