byPaulMason•IllustratedbyDanBridyPaulMasonbyPaulMasonllutratedDanBridIllustratedbyDanBridyTheHistoricalFictionPAIREDREADUseYourHead!STRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyGreekandLatinSuffixesVocabularybenefit,deftly,derision,eaves,expertise,impudence,legacy,symmetryWordCount:3,161Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119257-1MHID:0-02-119257-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110APAIREDREADChapter1TheCastleontheHill..........................2Chapter2Thief!........................................6Chapter3TheFair......................................10Chapter4WatchOut!...................................12RespondtoReading...........................16UseYourHead!.....................17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20EssentialQuestionWhatinfluencesthedevelopmentofaculture?ThebyPaulMasonbyPaulMason•IllustratedbyDanBridyIllustratedbyDanBridyThecastlelayontopoftheclifflikeadark,grayconqueror,shroudedinfog.Agustofwindtoreaholeinthemistlongenoughforstonewallstoemerge.Longenoughtoseethatthefortressstoodassolidasthedayithadbeenbuilt.Jakepassedthroughthegatehouseandsoonthekeep,theinnercastle,thelegacyofaking—wastoweringabovehim.Hebrokeawayfromhisparentsandtoreoffahead,upthestonestairs.Hewasdeterminedtogettothetop;aroundandaroundheclatteredupthespiralstaircasetillatlast,hereachedtheroof.Therehestood,lookingoutfromthebattlements.Mistswirledaboutthecastle,butwhenitcleared,Jakecouldseethecityatthebottomofthecliffandthebusyharborfullofships.Thecastlelookeddown,standingoverthecity,protectingitasithadforcenturies.Jakeranhishandsoverthestonewallsashewal...
