RealisticFictionillustratedbyThawNaingCommonGroundgtdbThNaiNigbyBronwenWallPAIREDREADDon’tBeLate!STRATEGIES&SKILLSWordCount:2,503ComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyContextCluesVocabularycapacity,enthralled,fallow,insight,negotiate,regulation,resemblance,unseemlyACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118629-7MHID:0-02-118629-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheThingIMissMost.......................2Chapter2NowWe’reCooking..........................5Chapter3SearchingforSunlight.......................10Chapter4HotStuff!...................................13RespondtoReading........................16Don’tBeLate!....................17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionWhathappenswhenpeopleshareideas?illustratedbyThawNaingCommonGroundNaingtedbyThawNgThNaingbyBronwenWallTomás’smotherwaschoppingtomatoesfortheirdinnerwhilehestudiedatthekitchentable.Suddenlyshesaid,“Youknow,thethingImissmostiscookingareallyhotsalsa,withfreshhabaneropeppersstraightfromthegarden.”Shesighed.“That’swhatImissmostaboutMérida.”Tomáslookedupfromhisbookinsurprise.Hismotherhadnevertalkedlikethisabouttheiroldlifebefore.Hestudiedhernow.Shelookedalittlesad,butthenshesmiledathimandsweptthepileofchoppedtomatoesintothecookingpot.“ButI’vealreadylearnedalotaboutthisnewcountry,Tomás,”shesaid.“Forastart,I’velearnedthatthere’smorethanonewaytomakeasalsa!”Shewavedapacketofchilispicepowderathim,andtheybothlaughed.TheThingIMissMostIMIMChapter1Chapter12Inbedthatnight,Tomásthoughtabouttheinsighthismotherhadgivenhimintoherfeelings,andherealizedthathefeltthesa...
