PAIREDREADHistoricalFictionNativeAmericanBoardingSchoolsbyTerryMillerShannonTheVisitillustratedbyJoanneRenaudSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,322**ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyConnotationandDenotationVocabularyancestors,despised,endurance,forfeit,honor,intensity,irritating,retreatContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119128-4MHID:0-02-119128-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1Excitement.................................2Chapter2MyParents.................................7Chapter3TheMirror...............................12RespondtoReading.......................16NativeAmericanBoardingSchools17FocusonGenre...........................20EssentialQuestionHowdotraditionsconnectpeople?byTerryMillerShannonillustratedbyJoanneRenaudTheVisitThemomentthebellringsandwakesme,Irememberthisisaspecialday.Theintensityofmyjoymakesmesmile.Myparentsarevisitingtoday!Iclimboutofbedandlineupwithalltheothergirls.Wemarchintothebathroom.Sidebyside,webrushourteethandwashourfaces.TodayIdon’tmindthecoldwater.Wedressquickly.Thenthebellringsagain,andwemarchintothediningroom.IamsoexcitedIcanbarelyswallowmyoatmeal.Afterbreakfastwemarchoutintothefreezingyardtodoourdespisedexercises.Theteachershouts,andwejumpupanddownasusual,buttodayit’salmostfun.Chapter1Excitement2“Iwishmyparentswerecoming,”myfriendVirginiawhisperstomewhentheteacherisn’tlooking.“ButI’mhappyforyou!”sheadds.Virginiablinksbacktears.Weallmissourfa...
