FictionPAIREDREADNewYear’sEvebyParkerWuillustratedbyAkemiGutierrezSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:Character,Setting,EventsPhonicsShorte,o,uVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyaside,culture,fair,invited,language,plead,scurries,shareContentStandardsSocialStudiesCultureandDiversityWordcount:671Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118990-8MHID:0-02-118990-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADbyParkerWuillustratedbyAkemiGutierrezEssentialQuestionHowarefamiliesaroundtheworldthesameanddifferent?GenreFictionChapter1TheBestTimeoftheYear!.......2Chapter2GettingReadyfortheFeast........7Chapter3TheNewYear’sFeast..............10Chapter4TheDragon’sFeet.................13RespondtoReading...............16NewYear’sEve.............17FocusonSocialStudies...........20MynameisMax.IamgettingreadyfortheChineseNewYear.Iwillcelebrateitwithmyfamily.“Thisisthebesttimeoftheyear!”saysmybrotherLee.“I’vebeenlookingforwardtothis,”Isay.Chapter1TheBestTimeoftheYear!2LeeisolderthanIam.He’sfourteen.Mostly,wegetalong.Leehasn’tbeenheremuchthisweek.“He’sverybusy,”saysGranddad.GranddadgrewupinChina.HisfirstlanguageisMandarin.He’steachingmetospeakit.IlovetohearGranddadtellstories.3Ourfamilyisbusythisweek!AuntLinandMommadealistofthingstodo.First,wemustcleanthehouse.“Wehavetosweepawaytheoldyear,”saysMom.“Thenwecanstartthenewone.”1.Cleanthehouse.2.Planthefeast.3.Goshopping.4.Cookthefeast.4IshareabedroomwithLee.“Ourroomisalreadyclean,”ItellMom.“Itisclean,”shesays.“ButitmustbespotlessfortheNewYear.”“Leeshouldhelp,”Isay.5ButLeeisnotathome.“He’sgototherthingstodotoday,”saidMom.“He...
