CallMeCallMeMaxMaxbyVivienneJosephillustratedbyScottAngleCallMeMaxRealisticFictionPAIREDREADXxxxXxxPAIREDREADFashionSwapSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategySentenceCluesVocabularyconsolation,glimmer,heinous,indispensable,perception,phobic,sarcastic,thresholdELLVocabularyembarrassed,proudWordCount:2,161ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118592-4MHID:0-02-118592-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110CallMeMaxEssentialQuestionHowdonewexperiencesoffernewperspectives?PAIREDREADChapter1NewBeginnings.............................2Chapter2AnActofKindness..........................5Chapter3ANewNickname............................8Chapter4AChancetoShine...........................12RespondtoReading.........................16FashionSwap.....................17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20byVivienneJosephillustratedbyScottAngleItwasmyfirstdayatthenewmiddleschool.Iusuallylookforwardtothefirstdayofschool,butrecentlymywholelifechanged.IrememberedthedayMomandDadtoldthefamilyweweremovingtoanothertown.Thetwins,EduardoandRafa,andbabyAidawereexcited.IwashappyforMomandDad.Dadhadanewjob,andMomwouldbeclosertoherfamily.ButIfeltsadbecauseIknewIwouldmissmybestfriends,ScottandChen.Iwouldn’tseethematschoolanymore.Momcalledmeforbreakfast.Idressedinmynewjeansandshirt,andIwentdownstairs.Momsaid,“Oh,my,youlookgreat.”ItriedtosmileasIsatatthetable.Momputherhandonmyshoulder.“Iknowyoufeelnervous,Max.”Chapter1NewBeginnings2Shewasright.Iwasnervous,andmystomachfeltlikeitwastiedinknots.Momsaid,“We’restartinganewlifehere,andtherewillbemanynewopportunitiesforallofus....
