RealisticFictionPAIREDREADTheWallIntheIntheLionLion’sDenDenbyAndreNgapobyAndreNgapoillustratedbyillustratedbyBradleyClarkeBradleyClarkeSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategySentenceCluesVocabularyconsolation,glimmer,heinous,indispensable,perceptions,phobic,sarcastic,thresholdWordCount:3,268ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119215-1MHID:0-02-119215-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110IntheIntheLionLion’sDenDenbyAndreNgapobyAndreNgapoillustratedbyillustratedbyBradleyClarkeBradleyClarkePAIREDREADChapter1TheDen......................................2Chapter2TheBiggestChallenge..........................7Chapter3TradingPlaces................................11RespondtoReading...........................16TheWall...........................17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20EssentialQuestionHowdonewexperiencesoffernewperspectives?SeanMystomachisturningsomersaults,andlaughterandnervouswhispersfillthehallway.MyfellowColtsaregettingexcitedandedgy.Soonwe’llbeenteringtheLion’sDen,LancewoodMiddleSchool’snotoriousdebatingchamber.“It’llbefine,”Ithinktomyself.Weareanewsquad,butwe’vealreadyheardthegorydetailsofdebatersbeingdevouredaliveintheLion’sDen.Aswepassarowofglasscabinets,Elliespiestheleaguedebatingtrophy,andthisrevealswhatwealreadyknow:theLancewoodLionshavewonback-to-backtitles,emergingvictoriouslyfromeverymatch.“Idon’tthinkLancewoodstandsachance,”Elliesays.“They’reobviouslynomatchforus.”TomistoobusyreviewingthebrieftonoticeEllie’ssarcasticremark.“Junkfoodshouldbebannedinschools?Ireallyhopewedon’thavetoargueforthat,”hesays...
