FantasyPAIREDREADPoetrybyJacquiBriggsillustratedbyLouiseA.EllisSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:KeyDetailsPhonicsShorta;shortiVocabularyStrategyInflectionalEndingsVocabularyactions,afraid,depend,nervously,peered,perfectly,rescue,secretWordcount:588Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118989-2MHID:0-02-118989-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1Welcome,Contestants..............2Chapter2TheChallenges....................6Chapter3TheClimb........................12RespondtoReading...............16Poetry:Together............17FocusonGenre..................20byJacquiBriggsillustratedbyLouiseA.EllisEssentialQuestionHowdofriendsdependoneachother?GenreFantasy“Welcome,welcome,”saidBadger.“WehaveaperfectlybeautifuldayfortheQuest.”“Willsomeonefromeachteamcometothestageandpickupalist?Thelisttellsthechallengesfortoday’sQuest,”hesaid.Chapter1Welcome,Welcome,ContestantsContestants2“Yougo,Fox,”saidDeer.“Ohmy,”saidFoxnervously.“Therearetoomanyanimalswatching.”Heputonabravefaceandslowlyclimbedthestairs.3Bird,Fox,andDeerpeeredatthelist.Theywereallexcited.“Whatdoesitsay?”askedBird.“Whatdowehavetodo?”askedFox.41.Crossthewaves!Iamrockyandmoveveryfast.2.Findme!Iamthesecretoftheforestandtherarestofthebunch.3.Don’tbeafraidtoclimb.IamtallandIcanseethewholeforest.5Theteamhurriedtotheriver.“AssoonasIreadthelist,Iknewwheretogo,”Deersaidproudly.“Howwillwecross?”askedFox.“Iwillfindusasafeplacetocross,”saidBird.“Justlistenformywhistle.”Sheflewaway.Chapter2TheChallengesTheChallenges6Birdwhistled.“Look,”shesaid.“Ifoundaneasyplacetocross!”“Idon’twanttogetwet,”s...
