RealisticFictionPAIREDREADTheSamebutDifferentbyDianaNoonanillustratedbyBurgandyBeamTheBestBestFriends’riends’byBirthdaysirthdaysSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyHomographsVocabularyadjustment,chattering,ember,mentor,nomadic,rapport,reunites,sturdyWordcount:2,744Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119267-0MHID:0-02-119267-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1PartyPlans....................................2Chapter2PartyPanic....................................5Chapter3PartyTime...................................10RespondtoReading...........................16TheSamebutDifferent..............17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20EssentialQuestionHowdopeopleuncoverwhattheyhaveincommon?byDianaNoonanillustratedbyBurgandyBeamTheBestBestFriends’riends’Birthdaysirthdays“Snap!”Jodiesaid.“Snap?”Prema’sdeep-browneyesopenedwideinpuzzlement.ShehadbeeninAmericaforthreemonthsnow,andstillshecouldnotunderstandeverythingthathernewbestfriendsaidtoher.“‘Snap’islikewhentwothingsarethesame,”Jodiesaid,“sowhenyousaidyourbirthdaywasnextweek,Isaid‘snap!’becausemineis,too.”“Ourbirthdaysarehavingonthesameweek,”Premasaid,comprehensiondawning.“Happening,”Jodiesaid.“They’rehappeninginthesameweek.”Theylaughedtogether,andthenJodie’sfacelitup.“Hey,wecouldhaveajointbirthdayparty,maybeaslumberpartyatmyplacebecausewehaveplentyofroom,andwecouldhavepancakes,and…”FinallynoticingtheblanklookonPrema’sface,herfriendstoppedtoexplain.“Aslumberpartyiswhenyouinvitefriendsoverandtheystayovernight.”Prema’seyessparkledwithexcitement.Somethingssh...
