RealisticFictionPAIREDREADPoetrybyMarieLangleyillustratedbyVictorKennedySTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyPersonificationVocabularyblared,connection,errands,exchangeWordCount:2,821Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118571-9MHID:0-02-118571-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1AlwaysSaidWeWould.............................2Chapter2IslandTime..................................6Chapter3EvenCloser....................................11RespondtoReading.............................16TellMe,ShowMe...................17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20EssentialQuestionWhatcanourconnectionstotheworldteachus?byMarieLangleyillustratedbyVictorKennedyChapter1TherewasaweirdfeelingswirlingaroundinTane’sstomach.HighintheblueskiesaboveSamoa,theairplanebankedsteeplyasitturnedtowardtheairport.Butthatwasn’ttheonlyreasonTanefeltstrange.EversinceTanecouldremember,hisdadhadbeenpromisingthey’dallgotoSamoatogether.Nowtheywerenearlythere.Hisdad,Sione,hismother,Ruth,hissister,Marama,andTanewerealltravelingtogethertotheislandofTutuilainAmericanSamoa.That’swhereSionehadbeenbornandwhereTane’sgrandparentsandmostoftheextendedfamilystilllived.TanehadheardsomuchaboutTutuila,butasforactuallygoingthere—thiswouldbehisveryfirsttrip.ThatwasthemainreasonforthechurningmixofnervesandexcitementinTane’sstomach.apter1AlwaysSaidWeWould2ItseemedasifTanehadspenthiswholelifelisteningtohisdad’sstoriesaboutlifeinTutuila.“Youmightnotthinksonow,butIwasareallygoodfootballplayerwhenIwasinhighschool,”Sioneoftentoldhischildren.“That’showIwonthescholarshiptogototh...
