FC_GenreXxxxbySusanParisillustratedbySoudFC_GGenreXxxxPAIREDREADTheBigTrekRealisticFictionSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategySentenceCluesVocabularyconsolation,glimmer,heinous,indispensable,perception,phobic,sarcastic,thresholdWordCount:2,438ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118573-3MHID:0-02-118573-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1Clouds.......................................2Chapter2“NoWay!”....................................6Chapter3BreakaLeg.................................10RespondtoReading.........................16TheBigTrek......................17FocusonLiteraryElements..................20bySusanParisillustratedbySoudEssentialQuestionHowdonewexperiencesoffernewperspectives?“Everycloudhasasilverlining.”ItdrivesmecrazywhenMomsaysnonsenselikethat.I’dbarelyhadtimetohobbletothecarandarrangemyselfinthepassengerseat,mythrobbingfootalreadyblownuplikeaballoonwhenshecomesoutwithit,exactlylikeIknewshewould.First,shepatsmyleg,thenshejustcan’thelpherself:“Everycloudhasasilverlining,youknow,honey.”“Mom,”Igrumble,“Iappreciatethethought,butI’mnotreadytolookonthebrightsideofthisdebacle.”Sheapologizes,andIcantellshemeansit,butit’sprettyobvioushertimingiswayoff;wehaven’tevenlefttheschoolparkinglotyet.Onthefarthestsideofthefield,Icanseemyteammatesdoingsprintstraining,CoachZitostridingbacktowardthem.He’dmercifullyhelpedmetothecarinsilence.UnlikeMom,heknewwhenitwasbesttosaynothing—heknewwhatwasatstake.Chapter1Clouds2AsMomstartstheengine,IimaginemyteammatescoolingdownwithoutmewhiletheylistentooneofCoachZito’spept...
