and~~PAIREDREADPomegranateMythadaptedbyBetsyHebertillustratedbyGabrielleGrimardSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ThemePhonicsClosedSyllablesandOpenSyllablesVocabularyStrategySentenceCluesVocabularyappeared,crops,develop,edge,golden,rustled,shining,stagesContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:989**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118793-5MHID:0-02-118793-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1LovelyPersephone....................2Chapter2Demeter’sSearch......................6Chapter3AFewSeeds.........................9Chapter4DividedTime.........................13RespondtoReading.................16Pomegranate................17FocusonGenre.....................20adaptedbyBetsyHebertillustratedbyGabrielleGrimardEssentialQuestionWhatdomythshelpusunderstand?and~~ThegoddessPersephonewasabeautifulandbelovedgirl.HerhappylaughterrangacrossOlympus,thehomeoftheancientgodsofGreece.PersephonewasthedaughterofDemeter,thegoddessoftheharvest.Demeterlovedherdaughterandkepthernearbyatalltimes.Motheranddaughterwereneverapart.2WhenDemetersatonherthrone,herdaughtersatwithher.WhenshewentdowntoEarthtotendherfields,Persephonewenttoo.Shedancedacrossthemeadows.“Ilovemakingflowersgrow,”Persephonesang,andtheysprangupwherevershewalked.Together,motheranddaughterkepttheearthgreenandgrowing.Farmersplantedandreapedhealthycrops.Talltreesgrew,brightflowersbloomed,andjuicyfruitripened.3Butalas,anotherlovedPersephone.Itwasthegodofthedead,Hades.“Iwantth...
