HistoricalFictionnbyPeterFriendillustratedbyJuanCaminadorPAIREDREADTheBestPyramidSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyConnotationsandDenotationsVocabularyalcove,commerce,domestic,exotic,fluent,stifling,upheaval,utmostContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistory**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,955**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118646-4MHID:0-02-118646-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ASurpriseGift................................2Chapter2AnAmbassador..............................6Chapter3K’an’sLegacy.................................11RespondtoReading.........................16TheBestPyramid..................17FocusonGenre............................20EssentialQuestionWhatwaslifelikeforpeopleinancientcultures?byPeterFriendillustratedbyJuanCaminadorCHAPTER1ASurpriseGiftAnothertediousafternoonhereattheMayanroyalcourt.Tradershavereturnedfromthenorth,theirservantsweigheddownwithincense,beeswax,honey,quetzalfeathers,stingrayspines,andahundredotherthings.Naturally,thetradershavecometothepalacetopaytributestous,theroyalfamily,butthatmeansastiflinghotafternoonfullofceremonies,speeches,andboringrituals.Istruggletopayattention,despiteknowingthatIneedtounderstandalltheseceremoniesforwhenIinheritthethrone.MyfatherisKingBlackSky,andalthoughhismindisstillassharpasathorn,hisbodyissick—reallysick.Ihaveheardthewhisperingaroundthecourt:nooneexpectshimtoliveformorethanafewmonths.SoItrytolearneverythingwithutmostcarebecauseI...
