PAIREDREADPoetryScienceFictionbyEirlysHunterbyEirlysHunterbyEirlysHunterillustratedbyJulietBurtonillustratedbyJulietBurtonSTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordCount:2,896ComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyFigurativeLanguageVocabularyhorizon,incentive,recreation,unfetteredACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118590-0MHID:0-02-118590-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1DeltaXerxes.................................2Chapter2TheLaboratory...............................6Chapter3WhatIsTimeOff?.............................9Chapter4AnImportantDecision........................13RespondtoReading.........................16OdeinPraiseofDoingNothing.....17FocusonLiteraryElements..................20EssentialQuestionWhyistakingabreakimportant?byEirlysHunterbyEirlysHunterbyEirlysHunterillustratedbyJulietBurtonillustratedbyJulietBurtonHereIam,trappedontheplanetDeltaXerxesaftercrash-landingyesterday.Luckily,thespaceshipisundamaged,andI’mokay,too,butIcan’tgoanywhereuntilIfigureouthowtoresetthetimefilters.Theairisbreathablehere,thankgoodness,butit’snotapromisingenvironment.There’sdustygrayconcretestretchingtothehorizonwithoutsomuchasaweedgrowingatthesideoftheroad.Therewassomethingthatseemedstrangerightaway:Ittookmeawhiletorealizewhatitwas,andit’sreallydisturbing.Thesunismotionless,asifpastedintoplaceinthesky.Doesthatmeantheplanetisstationary?Ihopenot—thatwouldmeanI’dneverbeabletoresetthetimefiltersandI’dbestuckhereindefinitely.ButI’mdeterminednottoletthathappen.IhavetobehomeintimeforThanksgiving,nomatterwhat.Fortunately,Ihavemyspace-timeometer,soIcankeeptrackoftimeonEarth.Monday,No...
