RealisticFictionbyCarlySchunaillustratedbyGeradTaylorlShunasBriHomethePAIREDREADFloatingAway,ComingTogetherSTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordCount:3,121ComprehensionStrategy: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:978-0-02-119259-5MHID:0-02-119259-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ChicagoIsNoChina...........................2Chapter2AttractingAttention...........................7Chapter3AnInspiringIdea.............................10Chapter4TheMomentousMeeting......................13RespondtoReading.........................16FloatingAway,ComingTogether....17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionWhathappenswhenpeopleshareideas?byCarlySchunaillustratedbyGeradTaylorlShunasBriHometheUnbelievably,ourhouseisfinallystartingtolooklikeahome.Theseaofcardboardboxesthatfloodedtheroomswhenwearrivedhasebbedoverthepastcoupleofweeks,andnowafewlongpaperscrollswithcalligraphycharactershangfromthewalls.Ofcourse,thatdoesn’tmeanournewhousefeelslikeahomeyet.MomsaysChicagosummerscanbejustashotasthoseinNanjing,buteventhoughallthelocalpeoplearewalkingaroundinshortsandT-shirts,IshiverunlessIwearajacketwhenIgoout.Theairsmellsstrange,Ican’tgetusedtothesprawlingspace,andImissthescentsofhotbaoziandchaofanthatusedtodriftthroughmywindows.Mompushesoneofthelastcardboardboxestowardme,saying,“Ithinkyourpropsareinthere.”Ipeelthetapeofftheboxandfindthatshe’sright.Myshinypinkandpurplediabolosaretuckedneatlyatthetopabovemystageballs,jugglingclubs,andrings.ChicagoIsNoChinaCica...
