RealisticFictionHelpingbyMaxOlsenPAIREDREADPoetryillustratedbyJamesStayteOutSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyPersonificationVocabularyblared,connection,errands,exchangeWordCount:2,795Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119103-1MHID:0-02-119103-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1AftertheEarthquake...........................2Chapter2Oh,No!.......................................6Chapter3MarketDay...................................11RespondtoReading.........................16AJournalisticJourney...............17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20EssentialQuestionWhatcanourconnectionstotheworldteachus?HelpingbyMaxOlsenillustratedbyJamesStayteOutWhenamassiveearthquakestruckthecityofSanJoséinCostaRica,Curtiscouldn’ttakehiseyesofftheTVscreen.Thenewsshowedpicturesoffallenbuildingsandpeoplebeingcarriedoutoftherubbleonstretchers.Curtiswishedhecouldhelpbutwasn’tsurewhathecoulddo.Onthewaytoschoolthefollowingmorning,hekeptthinkingaboutthedisaster.Lookingoutthewindowonthebus,hewonderedwhatitwouldbelikeifanearthquakehithishometown.Hewasstartledwhenasirenblaredasanambulanceracedpast.Atthestartofclass,MissJohnstontookattendance.Thentheclasstalkedabouttheearthquake,andMissJohnstonannouncedthatshewasrecruitingvolunteerstoparticipateinaprojecttohelpthepeopleinSanJosé.Curtis’shandshotupimmediately.Suddenlyitseemedasiftherecouldbeawayforhimtohelptheearthquakevictims,afterall.Aroundhimotherstudentswerevolunteering,too,andsoonMissJohnstonhadcountedsixofthem,includingCurtisandhisbestfriend,Chen.AftertheEarthquakeP1CHAPTERCHAPTERCHAPTER1...
