PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionbyMarieLangleybyMarieLangleyillustratedbyAmerigoPinelliillustratedbyAmerigoPinelliTellMetheTellMetheOld,OldStoriesOld,OldStoriesASTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategySimileandMetaphorVocabularybarren,expression,meaningful,plumesWordCount:2,047Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118566-5MHID:0-02-118566-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1HereWeGoAgain.......................2Chapter2TheSamebutDifferent..................6Chapter3TheBigPicture..........................11RespondtoReading....................16FamilyTies.....................17FocusonLiteraryElements............20EssentialQuestionHowdoyouexpresssomethingthatisimportanttoyou?TellMetheTellMetheOld,OldStoriesOld,OldStoriesbyMarieLangleybyMarieLangleyillustratedbyAmerigoPinelliillustratedbyAmerigoPinelli“Manuel?”Mamabegancallingassoonasshehungupthephone.“Manuel!Whereareyou?”Hismotherappearedinthedoorway.“Whatisit,Mama?”Manuelasked,followingherintothekitchen.Mamabegansearchingthecupboards.“ThatwasGrandmaonthephone,”shesaid,smilingatManueloverhershoulder.“We’regoingtoherhouseonSunday.”“Why?What’shappening?”Manuelsatdownatthekitchentable.Hehadasuddensinkingfeelinginhisstomach.“YourunclePabloisintown.We’rehavingabigfamilypartyatGrandma’ssowecanallcatchup.Won’tthatbegreat?”Mamawasbusyputtingingredientsonthecounter.“I’mgoingtomakemyspecialalmondandorangecaketotakealong.”“Cool,”saidManuel,butthatwasnotwhathewasthinking.Chapter1HereWeGoAgainHereWeGoAgain2Manuelwatchedhismothersearchingforherspecialcakerecipe.Whileshelooked,shekepttalk...