PAIREDREADPoetryScienceFictionbyPetERERFriENENdiLLuSTSTrATEDEDbyScoTTTPEArsONSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyFigurativeLanguageVocabularyhorizons,incentive,recreation,unfetteredWordCount:2,290Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119206-9MHID:0-02-119206-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1Turbulence...................................2Chapter2Unallocated..................................5Chapter3BeetlingAlong...............................10Chapter4Inflation.....................................13RespondtoReading.........................16OdetoVacationDay...............17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionWhyistakingabreakimportant?byPetERERFriENdiLLuSTrATATATEDEDbyScoTTTPEAEArsONONKrisslippedpastPedroandDarrelandtookaimatthegoal.Then,justashekicked,thegymnasiumlightsflickeredandtheartificialgravitydisappeared.Hisfeetlefttheground,andthesoccerballsailedhighoverthegoal.WhileKrisenjoyedthesensationofsuddenlyfloatingunfetteredinspace,itwasalittlealarming.Itwasevenmoredisconcertingwhenthelightsdiedcompletely.“Whathappened?”hesaidintothedarkness.“I’msureit’snothingtoworryabout,”Kris’solderbrother,Nelson,reassuredthem,soundingsuperiorasusual.“TheGalacticPrincessisoneofthesafestspaceshipsintheuniverse.”Chapter1Chapter12“Youshouldn’tbelieveeverythingyoureadintouristbrochures,”Darrelmocked.Nelsonwasjustabouttoprotestwhenthelightsflickeredbackonandgravityslowlyreturned.Krisspunhimselfuprightastheyfloateddowntothefloor.“Yourattention,please,”announcedthecomputer.“TheGalacticPrincesshashitseverequantumturbul...
