PAIREDREADTheSwallowandtheCrowHistoricalFictionbyVanessaYorkillustratedbyLyleLeoMillerSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyargue,astonished,complained,conditions,forbid,forecast,relief,strandedWordcount:2,231Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118904-5MHID:0-02-118904-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1SummeratLast..............................2Chapter2HotterandHotter............................6Chapter3IceandCool................................10RespondtoReading........................16TheSwallowandtheCrow.......17FocusonGenre............................20EssentialQuestionHowcanweatheraffectus?byVanessaYorkillustratedbyLyleLeoMillerChapter1SummeratLast“Look,thesunisshining!”criedAlberta,lookingoutofthewindowofthethird-storyapartmentshelivedinwithhermom,dad,grandma,andlittlebrother,Frank.Frankrushedtothewindowtolook,too.“It’sabouttimewesawthesun,”saidMom.“I’veneverknownawintersolongandsohard.”“Atleastwebothstillhaveourjobs,”saidDad.“That’smorethanmanycansay,afterthefactorieshavehadtolaysomanypeopleoff.”Thefamilywasinthemiddleofthemorningrush.Thechildrenwereeatingtheirbreakfast.Momhadmadethelunches,andshehandedDadhislunchashewentpastheronhiswayoutthedoortowork.Grandmawassittingwithhermendingbasketopen,darningsocks.Thosefirstdaysofsummerwerealotoffun.Butthetemperaturescontinuedtoclimb.InJuly,aheatwavestruck.Dayafterday,thetemperaturereached98degrees.Peoplewereirritableinthehighheat.Grandmawasdriventodistractionbythecomplainingofthechildren,whowerehotandbored.2“Whydon’tyouchildrengoandplayinthefountai...
