RealisticFictionbyArleneBlockillustratedbyCarolNicklausPAIREDREADTheRecyclingCenterSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakeandConfirmPredictionsSkill:Character,Setting,EventsHigh-FrequencyWordsagain,help,new,there,usePhonicsShortespellede,eaContentStandardsSocialStudiesEconomicsWordcount:108****Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119547-3MHID:0-02-119547-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADTheRecyclingCenter.......13EssentialQuestionWhatjobsneedtobedoneinacommunity?GenreRealisticFictionbyArleneBlockillustratedbyCarolNicklausDadsetoutthecan.Isitonthestep.2Sniff,sniff!Thereisabadsmell!Isitthetrash?3Clack!Bam!Atruckisuptheblock.4Hereisthetruck.Tedisonit.5Tedcanjumpdown.Hecangetthecan.Hecantossitinthetrash.6Whatamess!Tedcanusehelp.7MegcanhelpTedtossthebags.Theyhavealottodo.TedandMegsweat.8Thisboxisbig!Canitfit?9Tedpullstherod.Yes,theboxcanfit!10Thetruckwillgetnewtrash.Itwillfillupagain.11EventsSettingCharacterRetellUsethecharttoretellPickUpDay.TextEvidence1.WhoareTedandMeg?Character,Setting,Events2.WhatdoTedandMegdotohelpthecommunity?Character,Setting,Events3.HowcanyoutellthatPickUpDayisrealisticfiction?GenreRetellTextEvidence12morganhill/AlamyCompareTextsWhathappenstosometrashafteritispickedup?GenreNonfictionTheCenterRecycling13(bkgd)PeterEssick/AuroraPhotos/CORBIS,(t)PhotoLink/Photodisc/GettyImages,(b)JeffreyCoolidge/Iconica/GettyImagesWhatgetssortedhere?glasspaper14(t)JeffreyHamilton/Photodisc/GettyImages,(b)PeterDazeley/Photographer’sChoice/GettyImagesMakeConnectionsLookatbothstories.Howaretheyalike?TexttoTextplasticmetal15RealisticFictionRealisticfictionisamade-upstory.Ittellsaboutsomethingthatcouldhappeninreallife.WhattoLookforThecharactersinPickUpDayarelikerealpeople.Thestoryhappensinaplacethatseemsreal.Theeventscouldhappeninreallife.YourTurnPlanarealisticfictionstory.Listcharacters,asetting,andeventsthatcouldbereal.16FictionSettingWheredidPickUpDaytakeplace?CharactersWhoarethecharactersinPickUpDay?SequenceofEventsWhathappenedinthisstory?Tellwhathappenedfirst,then,andfinally.LiteratureCircles
