HistoricalFictionPAIREDREADTheLionandtheBoarTheSchoolhouseBlizzardBlizzardbyMaryAtkinsonillustratedbyEricReeseSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyIdiomsEllVocabularycalm,panic,sensibleVocabularyargue,astonished,complained,conditions,forbid,forecast,relief,strandedWordcount:1,157Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118607-5MHID:0-02-118607-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1WithoutWarning......................2Chapter2FireandIce..........................6Chapter3StoriesandLetters...................10Chapter4SnowedIn...........................13RespondtoReading.................16TheLionandtheBoar......17FocusonGenre.....................20TheSchoolhouseBlizzardBlizzardEssentialQuestionHowcanweatheraffectus?byMaryAtkinsonillustratedbyEricReeseChapter1WithoutWarningLilywasgettingreadyforschool.Shesaid,“Theweatheriswarmertoday.Idon’tneedmycoat.”Pasaid,“Keepyourcoaton.Theconditionscanchangesuddenly.”schoolLilyHarry2LilyandHarrywalkedtoschool.LilythoughtabouttheiroldhomeinNewYork.PeopleinNewYorkdidnotworryabouttheweatherforecast.HereinNebraskapeopleworriedaboutbadweather.Peopleworriedaboutblizzards.Blizzardswerebadsnowstormswithstrongwinds.Lilyhatedblizzards.Iftherewasablizzard,peoplewerestuckinsidefordays.PaandMatriedtomakeblizzardsfun.Thefamilygatheredaroundthestovetotellstories,popcorn,andsingsongs.Pasaid,“Tosurviveablizzardyoumuststaycalmandmakesensibledecisions.”LilythoughtshecouldonlystaycalmifshewaswithPa.InOtherWordsunabletogoout.Enespañolstuckinsidequieredeciratrapadaenelinterior.3LilyandHarryarrivedattheirone-roomschool...
