PAIREDREADWhyNotSwap?RealisticFictionTheGreatBookSwapbyAlanMitchellillustratedbySusanLexa-SenningSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Wordcount:983**ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyHomographsVocabularyconservation,discouraged,frustrated,gazes,jubilant,recycle,remaining,tinkerContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118826-0MHID:0-02-118826-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TooManyBooks..................2Chapter2AHomeWithoutBooks............7Chapter3OldTechnology...................10Chapter4BooksforAll.....................13RespondtoReading...............16WhyNotSwap?............17FocusonGenre..................20EssentialQuestionHowcanwereusewhatwealreadyhave?GenreRealisticFictionTheGreatBookSwapbyAlanMitchell•illustratedbySusanLexa-SenningChapter1TooManyBooks“Mario,howisthecleanupgoing?”asksMario’smother.“Youknowyourroominthenewhouseissmaller.Youcan’ttakeallofyourthings.”“Ihavesomanybooks,Mama,”saysMario.“HowdoIdecidewhichonestokeep?”2“Chooseyourfavorites,”hismothertellshim.Mariogazesathisbookcase,whichisoverflowingwithbooks.Hefeelsfrustratedanddiscouraged.Hewantstokeepallofhisbooks.Mariopicksupabookaboutvets.“Thisoneisn’tmine,”saysMario.“ThatwasSelina’sbook.Shedecidedtobecomeavetafterreadingit,”sayshismother.3ThenMario’smotherhandshimabookandsays,“Ithinkthisoneisyours.Itwasintheden.”“AmazingRobotFacts!That’smyfavoritebookever.”Hestartsturningthepages.“Wow,Is...
