PAIREDREADHistoricalFictionbyDianaNoonanillustratedbyVaughanFlanaganThat’sMusic!STRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyGreekandLatinSuffixesVocabularybenefit,deftly,derision,eaves,expertise,impudence,legacy,symmetryWordCount:2,380Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118627-3MHID:0-02-118627-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110APAIREDREADChapter1AyzizeLooksBack...........................2Chapter2AStrongFoundation.........................8Chapter3StrengthenedbytheFlame...................11RespondtoReading........................16That’sMusic!......................17FocusonLiteraryElements................20EssentialQuestionWhatinfluencesthedevelopmentofaculture?byDianaNoonanillustratedbyVaughanFlanaganStandingankledeepinthickmud,Ayzizehackedattheriverbankabovehishead.Heliftedyetanotherheavybasketofclayontohisshouldersandwincedattheweightofit.Behindhim,thefast-flowingwatersoftheNiletumbledovershallowoutcropsofrock.Onthefarside,womenslappedtheirlaundryagainstsmoothboulders,andchildrensplashedintheshallows.Ayzizelongedtoleavehisworkandwadeintothecoolwater.Howhelongedtoforgetthehoursthatstretchedaheadofhim.Apprenticedtoapotter—andonlyelevenyearsold!Howhadithappenedtohim?Hewasthesonofthegreatcattleherder,Ammon.Itseemedonlyyesterdaythathehadbeenascarefreeandplayfulasthosechildrenhenowwatched.Ayzize’schesttightened.Hetookafewstaggeringsteps,andhiseyesfilledwithtearsasherememberedhisfather.Itwasimpossibletocontainhisgrief.Ammonwasgone.Ayzizehadhelpedhismothertoburyhim,andhisfamily’slifehadchangedforever.AyzizeLooksBackzeLooChapter12Ammonhadbeenatall,pr...
