PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionbyAdrienneM.FraterillustratedbyAntonioVincentiFROMMEFROMMETOYOUSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategySimileandMetaphorVocabularybarren,expression,meaningful,plumesWordCount:2,658ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118621-1MHID:0-02-118621-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1PoorJosh...................................2Chapter2MyIdea......................................5Chapter3ShouldIorShouldINot?....................9Chapter4WhatWillJoshThink?......................12RespondtoReading........................16DearGina.........................17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionHowdoyouexpresssomethingthatisimportanttoyou?byAdrienneM.FraterillustratedbyAntonioVincentiFROMMEFROMMETOYOUIhearthesirenwailingasI’mbikinghomefromthepool.Theambulancewhizzespast,andIautomaticallyfeelsorryforwhoeverisinside.LittledoIknowthatit’sJosh!JoshandIlivenextdoortoeachother,andhe’slikeabrothertome.“Joshhadanaccident,”MomsayswhenIwalkintoourhouse.“Hefelloffhisskateboardandbrokehisleg.”“What?That’sawful!Isawtheambulancegopastonmywayhome.”Atsupperthatnight,Istarevacantlyatthespaghettiandmeatballsonmyplate.“Nothungry?”signsDad,lookingconcerned.Dad,whoisdeaf,canlip-readaswellasusesignlanguage.“Ijustcan’tstopthinkingaboutJosh,”Isayandsigntohim.“I’msurehe’llbeokay,”signsDad.“He’llbehomeinafewdays’time,racingaroundoncrutches.”Chapter1POORJOSH2ForonceDadismistaken.Joshhasbrokenhisfemur,theboneabovehisknee,andheisn’tgettingacast—he’sbeenputintractioninstead.IaskJosh’smomwhattractionmeans...
