RealisticFictionPAIREDREADPoetryEveryPictureTellsaStorybyAdrienneM.FraterillustratedbyClaireMumfordComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategySimileandMetaphorVocabularybarren,expression,meaningful,plumesSTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordCount:2,692ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119093-5MHID:0-02-119093-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1TheClassTrip................................2Chapter2Trudi’sAmazingIdea..........................6Chapter3WaitingforaReply............................8Chapter4Grandparents’Day...........................12RespondtoReading.........................16TheEyesofaBird..................17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20EssentialQuestionHowdoyouexpresssomethingthatisimportanttoyou?EveryPictureTellsaStorybyAdrienneM.FraterillustratedbyClaireMumford“Beforeyouleavetoday,Ihavetwoimportantannouncementstomake,”saysMs.Frost.Arippleofexcitementpassesthroughtheroom,andTrudi’seyessparkleasshewaitsexpectantlytohearwhatherteacherhastosaytotheclass.“ThisFridaywe’regoingonafieldtriptovisitatouringartexhibition,sopleasebringthesepermissionslipsbacktomorrow.”MoststudentssmileasMs.Frostpassesouttheslips,butsomechildrenfrown.Notalloftheclasslikesvisitingartgalleries.Finishedwithhandingouttheslips,Ms.Frostcontinues,“ThesecondannouncementisthatonthelastFridayofthismonth,we’llbeholdingGrandparents’Day.”ThistimeitisTrudi’ssmilethatswitchestoafrown.Ms.Frostexplainsthatthosestudentswhocannotbringgrandparentscanbringaparentorfriendinstead,butTrudiisstilldowncast.Sheonlyhasonelivinggrandparent,andMormor,hergrandmother,livesonasmallislandofft...
