FantasyPAIREDREADPoetrybyJacquiBriggsillustratedbyDanMcGeehanSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:KeyDetailsPhonicsShorta;shortiVocabularyStrategyInflectionalEndingsVocabularyactions,afraid,depend,nervously,peered,perfectly,rescue,secretWordcount:794Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118882-6MHID:0-02-118882-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312PAIREDREADGenreFantasyEssentialQuestionHowdofriendsdependoneachother?Chapter1TheAdventure....................2Chapter2Visitors..........................5Chapter3Zip’sCure.........................8Chapter4ACloseCall......................11RespondtoReading...............16Poetry:WhatFriendsDo....17FocusonGenre..................20byJacquiBriggsillustratedbyDanMcGeehanCHAPTER1TheAdventureOneeveninglongafterschoolwasout,Raisinsaid,“Wow,it’squiet,isn’tit?”“Yes,itisquiet.Let’sdosomethingexciting.I’mbored,”yawnedRocky.“DidyouhearthekidssayingtodaythatZipisnotfeelingwell?”askedMoe.“Let’sgovisitZip!”saidRocky.“But—butZipliveswaydownthehallinthescienceclassroom,”Moesaidnervously.“Comeon!Itwillbefun!”saidRocky.2“Becareful,Rocky,”saidMoe.“Oh,”saidRocky,“youknowI’magreatclimber.Relax,Moe,youworrywaytoomuch.”“Willyoubeabletoreachthecagedoortounlatchit?”askedRaisin.“Ofcourse.I’vegoteverythingperfectlyundercontrol,guys,”Rockyboasted.3Thehamstersgotoutofthecageandsliddownthetableleg.Theyscurriedacrosstheclassroom.Rockywasthefirsttoreachthedoor.Hepeereddownthelong,darkhallway.“Nowwhat?”askedMoe.“Wehavetogetmoving,butwehavetobequiet.Ouractionsmustbeslowandcareful,”Rockysaidbravely.4CHAPTER2VisitorsAsthehamstersenteredthes...
