FantasyPAIREDREADTheJobofaGovernorbyEirlysHunterillustratedbyCristianMalleaDREAMSDREAMSFLOOZLEFLOOZLESTRATEGIES&SKILLS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.AWordCount:1,291**ComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyaccompanies,campaign,governor,intended,opponent,overwhelming,tolerate,wearyContentStandardsSocialStudiesGovernmentCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119119-2MHID:0-02-119119-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1DonaldLopskill’sFloozleDreams.......2Chapter2JanaLopskill’sIdeas...................6Chapter3AGreatGovernor....................10RespondtoReading.................16TheJobofaGovernor......17FocusonLiteraryElements..........20EssentialQuestionWhydopeoplerunforpublicoffice?byEirlysHunterillustratedbyCristianMalleaDREAMSDREAMSFLOOZLEFLOOZLEDonaldLopskill’sDonaldLopskill’sFloozleDreamsFloozleDreamsCHAPTER1DonaldLopskillsettledbackintohischair.“Sowhatwouldyouliketoknow?”heasked.“Ihaveaschoolassignmenttorecordaninterviewwithsomeonewhohasaninterestinglifestory,”Isaid,tryingnottoyawn.TheLopskills’apartmentwasveryhot.“Canyoupleasetellmewhyyouranforstategovernor?”Theoldmansmiledandsaid,“Theanswertothatquestionisthegamefloozle.”“What!Didyouplayfloozle,sir?”Iwasastonished.Icheckedthatmyhologramizerwasrecordingproperly—thismightactuallybeinteresting!2“Iplayedfloozleallright,andyoucancallmeD.L.,”saidtheex-governor,laughing.Mrs.Lopskillbroughtinsomeicedtea.“Whydon’tweshowZanesomehologramsfromourarchive?”shes...