FictionI’mDownI’mDownUnderUnderbyParkerWuillustratedbyLouiseEllisBUTCHERPAIREDREADFamiliesAroundtheWorldSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:Character,Setting,EventsPhonicsShorte,o,uVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyaside,culture,fair,invited,language,plead,scurries,shareContentStandardsSocialStudiesCultureandDiversityWordcount:957Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118883-3MHID:0-02-118883-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1Goodbye,California................2Chapter2NewFriends......................6Chapter3TwoHomes.......................10RespondtoReading...............16PerfectPavlova.............17FocusonSocialStudies...........20GenreFictionEssentialQuestionHowarefamiliesaroundtheworldthesameanddifferent?byParkerWuillustratedbyLouiseEllisI’mDownI’mDownUnderUnderChapter1Goodbye,CaliforniaMarch1MymomandIaremovingtoAustralia.MomhasanewjobinSydney.ShegavemethisjournalsoIcanwritewhathappens.Idon’tknowwhattothink.I’mexcitedaboutmovingtoanewcountryandlearningaboutanewculture.ButI’malsonervous.“Don’tworry,Ella,”Momsaidtome.“Everythingwillbefine.”ButwhatifIdon’tmakeanynewfriends?Itdoesn’tseemfairthatIhavetoleavemyfriendsinCalifornia.AustralianAirlines2March17OurnewhouseinSydneyisalotlikeouroldhouseinCalifornia.IcanseethePacificOceanfrommybedroomwindow.It’sthesameoceanthatyouseeinCalifornia.We’rejustontheothersideofit.TodayIfoundoutthatAustraliaissometimescalledDownUnder.That’sbecauseit’swaydownbelowtheequator.CaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaCaalililililililililililililililililililililiifofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofof...
