PAIREDREADHistoricalFictionChihul’sSecretbyDavidMurphybyDavidMurphyillustratedbyRonHimlerillustratedbyRonHimlerBooksMadefromBarkSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyConnotationsandDenotationsVocabularyalcove,commerce,domestic,exotic,fluent,stifling,upheaval,utmostContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistory**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:3,097**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119256-4MHID:0-02-119256-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110APAIREDREADChihul’sSecretbyDavidMurphybyDavidMurphyillustratedbyRonHimlerillustratedbyRonHimlerChapter1AnUnchangingWorld.........................2Chapter2TurningtheKey...............................7Chapter3ARemarkableDiscovery......................14RespondtoReading.........................16BooksMadefromBark.............17FocusonGenre............................20EssentialQuestionWhatwaslifelikeforpeopleinancientcultures?Chapter1AnUnchangingWorldWhenmyslavebroughtmybreakfast,theMorningStarwasfading.IsanktomykneesbeforetheshrinetoItzamna,thesonofourcreator,andthenhastenedtothewindowtowatchthedaybegin.ThiswasmyfavoritetimeinTikal.OurhousestoodonahillsidebetweenthevillageandtherulerHalachUinic’stemple,andIlovedlookingoutoverthethatchedroofs,watchingsmokerisefromthefreshlylitfires,thefamiliardomesticsceneofwomenmakingtortillas,themenheadingtowardthefields.Agroupofhuntersweregathering,andIwonderediftheywouldbesuccessful,andifso,whethermyfatherwouldbechosentogivethanks.AsIspreadhoneyonmytortillasandd...
