HistoricalFictionPAIREDREADAllWorkandNoPlayGoldenTheLittleTheLittlebyPaulMasonillustratedbyJamesWatsonLlamaLlamaSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyGreekandLatinSuffixesVocabularybenefit,deftly,derision,eaves,expertise,impudence,legacy,symmetryWordCount:2,953ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118647-1MHID:0-02-118647-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheGlitterofGold.............................2Chapter2Titu..........................................5Chapter3SacrificeandCivilization........................8Chapter4Khonu’sPlan.................................11RespondtoReading...........................16AllWorkandNoPlay...............17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20EssentialQuestionWhatinfluencesthedevelopmentofaculture?GoldenTheLittleTheLittlebyPaulMasonillustratedbyJamesWatsonLlamaLlamaAherdofllamaspassedbyanoldmansittingstillonhisrock,pausingtogivehimacuriouslookbeforecarryingonacrosstheplain.“Ifonlyyouknewjusthowvaluableyouare,”thoughtKhonuwithasmileashewatchedthem.“Howyoullamasmadeusprosper—theempirewaspracticallycarriedoverthemountainsonyourbacks!”TheGlitterofGoldGChapterChapter1Khonurosetohisfeetandheadedforhome,pullinghiscloaktightlyaroundhim.Shadowswerelengtheningoverthehills,buthecouldstillseethellamasdeftlymakingtheirwayoverthehills.OneinparticularcaughtKhonu’seye,aregal-lookingllamawithpureblackwool.“HelookssomuchlikeTitu,”thoughtKhonu.Tituhadbeenhisfavoritellamafromhisuncle’sherd,backwhenKhonuwasjustaboy.TituhadbeentakenfromKhonuandhisfamily,pluckedsuddenlybythehandsofdestinyfromthehi...