PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionTreasurebyDavidMurphy•illustratedbyGeradTaylorNat’s’GadTaylorTreasureSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAWordCount:1,649ComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyPersonificationVocabularycommemorate,contemplate,forlorn,majesticELLVocabularyexpedition,genuineCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118675-4MHID:0-02-118675-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ItTakesTime.................................2Chapter2Sorenson’sSearch............................5Chapter3TooGoodtoBeTrue..........................8Chapter4Nat’sHardWork.............................13RespondtoReading.........................16ADreamFulfilled..................17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionWhatcanthepastteachus?TreasurebyDavidMurphy•illustratedbyGeradTaylorNat’s’tdbyGeradTaylorTreasureNataskedhisdad,“CanIhaveanewcomputer?Mycomputeristooslow.”Nat’sdadtookaminutetocontemplateNat’squestion.Thenhisdadsaid,“Wewantmanythings,butwecan’tjustexpectotherpeopletopayforthem.Thethingsyouvaluemostarethethingsyouhavetoworkhardfor.”Nattriedtohidehisdisappointment.Nat’sdadsaid,“WhenIwasyourage,IdeliverednewspaperstoearnmoneyforthingsIwanted.Ifyouwantacomputer,youwillneedtohelppayforit.Thenitwillbeworthmoretoyou.Ifyoudon’tliketheideaofanewspaperroute,youcanseeifyoucanworkatthehardwarestore.”Natdidn’tlikethisidea.Hedidn’twanttobikeinthecoldandrain.Natthoughttohimself,“Ihaveabetteridea.”ItTakesTimeChapter1Chapter12Natsaid,“Cory,mynewbestfriend,toldmehisparentsinvesttheirmoneyinthestockmarket.ButCorysaysittakesalongtimetoearnmoney.”Nat’smomsaid,“...
