PAIREDREADHistoricalFictionTHETHETOOLMAKERTOOLMAKERbyAdrienneJansenillustratedbyDianePatersonMayanSymbolsSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyConnotationsandDenotationsVocabularyalcove,commerce,domestic,exotic,fluent,stifling,upheaval,utmostContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistory**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,798**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118626-6MHID:0-02-118626-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110APAIREDREADChapter1TheDreamer.................................2Chapter2MyTreasures.................................5Chapter3ASurprisingJourney.........................9Chapter4BeautifulObjects............................13RespondtoReading........................16MayanSymbols...................17FocusonGenre...........................20EssentialQuestionWhatwaslifelikeforpeopleinancientcultures?THETHETOOLMAKERTOOLMAKERbyAdrienneJansenillustratedbyDianePatersonCHAPTER1TheDreamerIlayonmystomachandsmoothedthegroundinfrontofmewithmyhands.Usingthehard,sharpstickIkeptfordrawing,Icarefullydrewtheoutlineofaman.Iaddedatallhelmetsohebecameawarrior.ThenIgavehimalongspearwithasharppoint,andheseemedtobebrandishingitatme.Iftheotherboyswerehere,theywouldsay,“Drawmeasawarrior!”Theyalldreamedofbeingwarriors.ButalthoughIdrewwarriors,Ihadadifferentdream.Itwasdrawing,notfighting,thatIdreamedabout.I’dheardstoriesaboutthefrescoesartistshadpaintedonthewallsinTulum,closetohere.“Balam!Whereareyou?”Myfather’svoicebroughtmebacktoearth.“Comeon...
