PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionbyAdrienneJansen•byAdrienneJansen•illustratedillustratedbybyJohnBattenJohnBattenGo-KartTheTheSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyanswerable,lounge,obligation,proportionWordCount:2,053Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118638-9MHID:0-02-118638-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheMonstrosity..............................2Chapter2TimetoBuild................................6Chapter3TheDrill.....................................9Chapter4TheRace...................................13RespondtoReading........................16BoardLesson.....................17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionHowcanwetakeresponsibility?byAdrienneJansen•byAdrienneJansen•illustratedillustratedbybyJohnBattenJohnBattenGo-KartTheTheKatieandChelseaexchangedpuzzledexpressions.Theycouldhardlyheareachotherabovethebangingandclatteringcomingfromtheyard.Finallytheysneakeddownstairstoinvestigate.Katieedgedthebackdooropenandsawherbrother,Kyle,squattingbyaweirdconstructionmadeofwoodandtubingandbitsofplastic.“Whatonearthareyoudoing?”Katieasked.Kylesaidproudly,“I’mmakingago-kartfortheschoolchampionship.RichieandIaregoingtowinthistimeforsure—andwhentheyseethisbeauty,allthecompetitorswilltrembleintheirboots!”Kylesatdownonhiscontraption,andabitofsteelpipefelloff.TheMonstrosityTheMonstrosityChapter1Chapter12Katielaughedandteased,“Youwon’tevengetthatmonstrositytotherace.EvenIcoulddobetter.”“Youjusttry,then,butIbetyoucan’t.”Laterthatday,Katiewassittingonherbedroomfloorlookinga...
