FantasyPAIREDREADTheHareandtheTortoisebyMayKennedyillustratedbyOnnoKnuversSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:CharacterVocabularyStrategySynonymsVocabularyached,concentrate,discovery,educated,effort,improved,inspire,satisfiedWordcount:1,483ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118817-8MHID:0-02-118817-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhatcanstoriesteachyou?Chapter1FastandSlow........................2Chapter2RaceorRest?........................8Chapter3RobotPower.........................12RespondtoReading.................16TheHareandtheTortoise..17FocusonGenre.....................20byMayKennedyillustratedbyOnnoKnuversFastandSlowFastandSlowOncethereweretworobots.ThefirstrobotwasnamedZippy,andhelikedtodothingsasquicklyaspossible.Zippysaid,“Speedythingslikerocketsandracingcarsinspireme.Theymakemewanttogofaster.”ThesecondrobotwasnamedRusty.Shewasslowlikearustyoldbicycle.Rustysaid,“Slow-movingthingsliketortoisesinspireme.Theyareleisurely,steady,andcareful!”ZippyandRustyworkedtogetherinagadgetfactoryhelpingtomanufacturegadgets.Theybothlikedtomakegadgets,buttheyhadverydifferentwaysofworking.Zippyalwaysworkedatlightningspeed.Showersofsparksflewfromhisbody,andcloudsofsteamswirledaroundhishead.Hewasthefastestrobotinthefactory,andalltheotherrobotsadmiredhisspeedandenthusiasm.Chapter12Well,notalltherobotswantedtobelikeZippy.NosteamhadeverswirledaroundRusty’shead,andnosparkshadeverflownoffherbody.ButRustydidn’tmindatall—shelikedherselfjustthewayshewas.3Zippywasalwaysboastingandbraggingabouthisbatterypack,whichwasthelatestandgreatestintherobotworld.Ashework...
