RealisticFictionPAIREDREADFromTrashtoTreasurebyBenMacAlasdairillustratedbyStefanoTambelliniSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyHomographsVocabularyconservation,discouraged,frustrating,gazed,jubilant,recycling,remaining,tinkeredContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordcount:1,197****Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119015-7MHID:0-02-119015-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheNewClub........................3Chapter2Gran’sBrilliantIdea...................5Chapter3MusclePower.........................9Chapter4ForgingAhead.......................12RespondtoReading.................16FromTrashtoTreasure......17FocusonGenre.....................20EssentialQuestionHowcanwereusewhatwealreadyhave?byBenMacAlasdairillustratedbyStefanoTambelliniThe2Chapter1TheNewClub“WeneedaheadquartersfortheSalvageCrew,”announcedJaimie.Theothersnoddedinagreement.Jaimie,Tòmas,Noah,Daisha,Darius,andOnawahadknownoneanothersincetheywerelittle.Theylivedinthesameapartmentbuilding,andtheywenttoschooltogether.Theirclasshadjustfinishedaprojectonconservationandrecycling.Theyhadfoundouthowmuchtrashpeopleweremaking.Thefriendshaddecidedtoformaclubtoencouragepeopleintheircommunitytorecycleandreusethings.Onawahadchosentheirname—theSalvageCrew.Shelovedtheocean,andsheexplainedthatthepeoplewhorescueoldshipsarecalledsalvagers.Shesaidthatsalvagingalsomeanscreatingsomethingnewfromtrash.3“Wecouldmeetatourplace,”saidNoah,“althoug...