PAIREDREADHistoricalFictiononbyPeterFriendillustratedbyJuanCaminadorTheBestPyramidSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyConnotationsandDenotationsVocabularyalcove,commerce,domestic,exotic,fluent,stifling,upheaval,utmostELLVocabularyinherit,lush,tributesContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistory**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,961**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118673-0MHID:0-02-118673-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ASurpriseGift................................2Chapter2AnAmbassador..............................6Chapter3K’an’sLegacy.................................11RespondtoReading.........................16TheBestPyramid..................17FocusonGenre............................20EssentialQuestionWhatwaslifelikeforpeopleinancientcultures?byPeterFriendillustratedbyJuanCaminador(bkgd)Wetzel&CompanyCHAPTER1ASurpriseGiftAttheMayanroyalcourt,tradershavereturnedfromtheirtravels.Theyhavebroughtbackmanythings,includinghoneyandquetzalfeathers.Thetradershavecometotheroyalcourttopaytributestous,theroyalfamily.It’sastiflinghotafternoon.There’llbeceremonies,speeches,andboringrituals.Itrytopayattentionbecauseoneday,I’llinheritthethronefrommyfather,KingBlackSky.WhenI’mking,I’llneedtoknowabouttheceremonies.Myfatherissick,soIamtryingtolearneverythingwithutmostcare.IwanttobeaworthyleaderfortheChakalstate.Thechieftraderhasbroughtpottery,turquoise,cotton,andothertributestous.Thenhebringsoutanenslavedyoungman.Thisst...
