PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionPizarroJustLikeJustLikebyCarlySchuna•illustratedbyAndrewBurdanSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyPersonificationVocabularycommemorate,contemplate,forlorn,majesticACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118628-0MHID:0-02-118628-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110WordCount:2,223PAIREDREADChapter1ConqueringHistory...........................2Chapter2HelpfromMr.P..............................5Chapter3TakingOff...................................8Chapter4NotLikePizarro.............................11RespondtoReading........................16SavingItaly.......................17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionWhatcanthepastteachus?PizarroJustLikeJustLikebyCarlySchuna•illustratedbyAndrewBurdanChapter1“FranciscoPizarro,”Momprompted.“Spanishexplorer,”myoldersisterDesiaddedassheshovedaspoonfulofbutterscotchpuddingintohermouth.IgaveherawitheringglareasIsaid,“Ididn’tknowyouhadahistorytesttomorrow,too.”Desithrewupherhandsdramatically.“Oh,Ican’thelpit,”shesaid.“It’sjustsoeasy!”MomignoredDesiandraisedaneyebrow,notlettingmeoffthehook.“WhatcanyoutellmeaboutPizarro?”sheasked.Iputdownmyspoon.“Pizarro…uh…Ithinkhiscrewbroughtsomekindofdisease.”“Smallpox,”saidDesi.“AndthediseasespreadandkilledtheMayanking.”“Incan,”saidDesi,“theIncanking.”Iwasabouttoreallyloseitwhenthephonerang.Thankfully,itwasDesi’sbestfriend,Elmira,soDesitookthephoneandholedupinherroom.“Don’tworry,”Momsaid.“You’reverysmartinyourownway,andyoujusthavetoworkharderthanshedoesonsomethings.Iknowitdoesn’tseemfair.”ChCapatetr1...
