PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionbyJesseAnnaBornemannillustratedbyCarlPearceHardestHardestTheTheLessonLessonSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyanswerable,lounge,obligation,proportionWordcount:2,815Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119268-7MHID:0-02-119268-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheGeographyBee.............................2Chapter2TheLie.......................................8Chapter3ADifficultConfession.........................12RespondtoReading...........................16TrainingWheels....................17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20EssentialQuestionHowcanwetakeresponsibility?byJesseAnnaBornemannillustratedbyCarlPearceHardestTheLesson“Please,Mom,justonemoretime?”Timothypleaded,pushingathickstackofindexcardsacrossthekitchentabletowardhismother.“Honey,ifyoustayupmuchlater,you’llfallasleeponthestagetomorrow,”saidMom,lookingconcerned.Timothyshookhishead.Iftherewasonethingheknewforsure,itwasthathe’dbewideawakefortheGeographyBee.Hehadbeenanticipatingitformonths,practicallysincethefirstdayofsixthgrade.Well,maybenotthatlong,butatleastsincehe’dacedthequalifyingtestandadvancedtothefinalschool-wideround.Onlyoneotherkidinhisclass,MarcusBraylock,hadscoredaperfect100%onthetest.Now,TimothyandMarcuswouldrepresentMr.Maxwell’sclassagainsttheotherthreesixth-gradeclasses.“ThecapitalofPolandisWarsaw,andthecapitalofPortugalisLisbon,”Timothysaid,inchingthecardsclosertohismother.Chapter1TheGeographyBee2“Comeon,justimaginehowgreattwotrophieswilllookabovethefireplace!”Timothycontin...
