PAIREDREADPoetryScienceFictionScienceFictionbyRaymondHuberLiv’sVacationacationillustratedbyCarolineHuillustratedbyCarolineHuSTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordCount:2,013ComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyFigurativeLanguageVocabularyhorizon,incentive,recreation,unfetteredELLVocabularyrelentless,wistfullyACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118746-1MHID:0-02-118746-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1Torus.........................................2Chapter2HomeLife.....................................5Chapter3RedWaves....................................8Chapter4NewHorizons................................13RespondtoReading..........................16Liv’sGift...........................17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20EssentialQuestionWhyistakingabreakimportant?byRaymondHuberLiv’sVacationacationillustratedbyCarolineHuillustratedbyCarolineHuChapter1peapaLivlookedoutthespaceshuttlewindow.Shewasdisappointed.Everythingwascoveredinclouds.LivcouldnotseethefamousislandshapedlikeadonutortheredoceanoftheplanetTorus.Livsatbackinherchairandactivatedherguidee-bookinstead.“Torusislocatedattheedgeofthegalaxy.Amazingoceanssurroundthesinglering-shapedisland.Thetropicaltemperature...”Thewords“amazingoceans”seemedtoleapoutfromthescreen.Liv’ssmilestretchedfromeartoear.SheimaginedsurfingoverTorus’sendlessocean.LivalsolookedforwardtomeetingKevinSanchezandhisfamily.TheSanchezfamilywashostingLivonthestudentexchangeprogram.MaybeKevinlikedtosurf,too.LivwasimpatienttoarriveinNoriCity.Shehadbeentravelingonthespaceshuttleformonths.NowLivwantedtofeelfreshaironherfaceagain.2Ata...
