RealisticFictionPAIREDREADPoetrybyMarieLangleyillustratedbyVictorKennedySTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyPersonificationVocabularyblared,connection,errands,exchangeELLVocabularyappreciation,homeland,preciousWordCount:1,932Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118776-8MHID:0-02-118776-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110EssentialQuestionWhatcanourconnectionstotheworldteachus?PAIREDREADChapter1AlwaysSaidWeWould.............................2Chapter2IslandTime...................................6Chapter3EvenCloser....................................11RespondtoReading............................16FunandPlay.......................17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20byMarieLangleyillustratedbyVictorKennedyTane’sstomachfeltstrange.HewasonanairplanethatwasflyingaboveAmericanSamoa.Theairplanewasdescendingtowardtheairporttoland.ThedescentwasnottheonlyreasonTanefeltstrange.Tane’sdad,Sione,wasfromAmericanSamoa.SionehadpromisedthatthefamilywouldvisitAmericanSamoasomeday.NowTaneandhisfamilyweregettingreadytolandontheSamoanislandofTutuila.TanehadheardalotaboutTutuila,butthiswashisfirstvisittotheisland.Tanefeltnervousandexcitedaboutmeetinghisgrandparentsandrelativesforthefirsttime.TaneChapter1apter1AlwaysSaidWeWould2Tane’sdadhadgrownuponTutuila.SioneoftentoldhischildrenTaneandTane’ssister,Marama,storiesabouthislife.“Iwasagoodfootballplayerinhighschool.IwonafootballscholarshiptogotocollegeintheUnitedStates.Unfortunately,Igotinjuredandcouldn’tplayfootballanymore,butIfinishedschoolandearnedabusinessdegree.ThenIgotajob.”Sionealsotoldhischildrenaboutm...
