DramaPAIREDREADThePerfectPresentbyDawnMcMillanillustratedbyMaximLarinSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyalarmed,anguish,necessary,obsessed,possess,reward,treasure,wealthWordcount:1,475Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118812-3MHID:0-02-118812-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADCharacters............................2SceneOneTheNewCity.........................3SceneTwoTheGods’Gifts.......................8RespondtoReading...................16ThePerfectPresent..........17FocusonGenre......................20EssentialQuestionHowdoyoudecidewhatisimportant?byDawnMcMillanillustratedbyMaximLarinTheNamingofAthensCharactersReaderCecrops(SEE-krahps),ahalf-man,half-serpent,whowillbethekingofthenewcityGodsandGoddessesofOlympia,including:Zeus,kingofthegodsPoseidon(puh-SIGH-duhn),godoftheseaAthena,goddessofwisdomCitizenOneOtherCitizensListofPropsPoseidon’strident,alargerock,waterjars,anoliveseed,anolivetree2SceneOneTheNewCityOnarockyhilltopinancientGreeceREADER:AthenswasthemostpowerfulcityinancientGreece.Thepeopleofthiscityhadacivilizationthatisstilladmiredtoday.Thisishowthecitygotitsname.CECROPS:(tothegatheredgodsandgoddesses)GodsandgoddessesofOlympus,herewearehighonthishilltop,andseetherebelowus,ourbeautifulland.OfcourseI’venamedthelandaftermyself,Cecrops.AndnowIseethebeginningsofanewcity—abeautifulcity.ItseemsrightthatthenewcityshouldbecalledCecropsaswell.3GODSANDGODDESSES:(together)No!No!Wewanttonamethisnewcityafteroneofus.Callitafterme!No,me!Thecityshouldhavemyname.I’llnamethecity.POSEIDON:Listen,myfriends!Thecityshouldha...
