HistoricalFictionPAIREDREADThePensionadosMabbyPaulMason•illustratedbyBurgandyBeamSTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordcount:1,832**ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyHomophonesVocabularydepicts,detested,discarded,eldest,ignored,obedience,refuge,treacherousContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119129-1MHID:0-02-119129-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1FeelingLost.............................2Chapter2Flower,Flour.............................5Chapter3UncleJose...............................8Chapter4Surprises................................12RespondtoReading....................16ThePensionados................17FocusonLiteraryElements.............20EssentialQuestionWhyisitimportanttokeeparecordofthepast?MabbyPaulMason•illustratedbyBurgandyBeamGloriastaredoutofthewindowasthetaxidriverscratchedhishead,puzzled.“I’msureEllisStreetisaroundhere,”thedriversaidtoherfather.“Don’tworry,we’renotlost.”FeelingLostlChapter1ButGloriawasworried.Shefeltlostenoughcomingtoanewcountry.Shegazedatthehouses,eachwithitsneatlytrimmedfrontyard.Thisdidn’tlooklikeheroldneighborhoodatall,andshewasalreadyfeelinghomesick.EverythingherewassodifferentfromthePhilippines.Eventhetreeswerenothingliketheonesbackhome.2“WhatdoyouthinkofAmericafromwhatyou’veseensofar?”hermotherasked,squeezingGloria’shandandsmilingencouragingly.“It’sokay,”saidGloria.“Iguess.”“Waituntilyouseeournewhouse,”saidherfather,tryingtocheerherup.“...
