RealisticFictionPAIREDREADPoetrybyAdrienneM.FraterillustratedbyAntonioVincentiFROMMEFROMMETOYOUSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategySimileandMetaphorVocabularybarren,expression,meaningful,plumesELLVocabularyapproached,determine,doubted,whetherWordCount:1,856ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119137-6MHID:0-02-119137-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1PoorJosh...................................2Chapter2MyIdea......................................5Chapter3ShouldIorShouldINot?....................9Chapter4WhatWillJoshThink?......................12RespondtoReading........................16Sssh!..............................17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionHowdoyouexpresssomethingthatisimportanttoyou?byAdrienneM.FraterillustratedbyAntonioVincentiFROMMEFROMMETOYOUIwasridingmybikehomewhenanambulancepassedme.Thesirenontheambulancewaswailing.“Joshhadanaccident.Hefelloffhisskateboardandbrokehisleg,”MomsaidwhenIgothome.Iresponded,“That’sterrible!Isawtheambulanceonmywayhome.”Joshlivesnextdoor.He’slikeabrothertome.Atsupperthatnight,Istaredatmyplate.“Nothungry?”Dadsignedtome.Helookedconcerned.Mydadisdeaf,buthecanreadlipsandusesignlanguage.“Ijustcan’tstopthinkingaboutJosh,”Iresponded.“I’msurehe’llbeokay,Gina,”Dadreplied.sirenChapter1POORJOSHGina2Thenextday,IfoundoutthatJoshhadbrokenhisfemur,theboneabovehisknee.Joshisintraction.IaskedJosh’smomwhattractionmeant.Sheexplainedwhathappens.“First,thedoctorgivesJoshananestheticsohedoesn’tfeelanypain.Then,thedoctorputsapinthroughhisfemur.Cablesattachedtothepinhold...
