PAIREDREADPoetryScienceFictionbyRaymondHuberLiv’sVacationacationillustratedbyCarolineHuillustratedbyCarolineHuSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyFigurativeLanguageVocabularyhorizon,incentive,recreation,unfetteredACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119213-7MHID:0-02-119213-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110WordCount:2,568PAIREDREADChapter1Torus.........................................2Chapter2HomeLife.....................................5Chapter3RedWaves....................................8Chapter4NewHorizons................................13RespondtoReading..........................16OdetoLiv..........................17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20EssentialQuestionWhyistakingabreakimportant?byRaymondHuberLiv’sVacationacationillustratedbyCarolineHuillustratedbyCarolineHuLivgazedhopefullyouttheshuttlewindow,butToruswasenvelopedinclouds.Shewasdisappointednottocatchaglimpseofthefamous“donut”continentandtheredoceanastheshuttledivedtowardtheplanet.Instead,shesettledintoherchairandactivatedherguidee-book.“Locatedattheedgeofthegalaxy,TorusisthefurthermostinhabitedplanetfromSym.Impressiveoceanssurroundthesinglering-shapedlandmass.Thetropicaltemperature...”Thewords“impressiveoceans”leapedfromthescreen,grabbingLiv’sattention.HersmilestretchedfromeartoearassheimaginedweekendafterweekendsurfingTorus’sendlessbeaches.Torushadtwosmallmoons,whichmeantcontinualtidalfluctuationsandnever-endingwaves.LivalsolookedforwardtomeetingKevinSanchezandhisfamily,whowerehostingheronthestudentexchangeprogram.MaybeKevinlikedtosurf,too—thatwouldreallyhelpto...
