RealisticFictionPAIREDREADTakingYourTimeMakingThingsbyMarieLangleyillustratedbyAndrewBurdanSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyContextCluesVocabularycapacity,enthralled,fallow,insight,negotiate,regulation,resemblance,unseemlyWordCount:3,150ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118649-5MHID:0-02-118649-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1MeetingtheNeighbors........................2Chapter2WeDeserveOne,Too!.........................7Chapter3WorkingTogether.............................11RespondtoReading.........................16TakingYourTime..................17FocusonLiteraryElements..................20EssentialQuestionWhathappenswhenpeopleshareideas?MakingThingsHapappppepenenbyMarieLangleyillustratedbyAndrewBurdan“Ican’tbelievewe’refinallyhere!”Fernandoexclaimedashestoodlookingoutthewindowoftheapartmentatthecitystreetsbelow.Carsrushedby,andhecouldhearhornsblaringandsirenssounding—itwassodifferentfromhissmallhometowninMexico.Movingtoanewhome—awholenewcountry!—wasincrediblyexciting.Fernando’senthusiasmquicklysubsidedwhenheturnedtoseehisgrandfathersittingmotionlessatthediningroomtable,staringdownathishands.Abuelohadbarelyspokenallday.Consciousofhisgrandfather’ssadmood,Fernandospokegently:“Don’tyouthinkit’swonderfulhere,Abuelo?”Abueloshrugged.“Quizás,”hesaid.“Foryou,Fernando,andforyourmamaandpapa,maybeitiswonderful.Forme…Iamnotsosure.”Abuelocontinuedwithsorrowinhisvoice.“Imissmyhomeandtherestofourfamilyandallmyfriendsverymuch.”Fernando’smotherhadbeenlisteningfromthekitchendoorway,andshecameoverandputherhandonAbuelo...
