RealisticFictionTheGreatBigBirthdayBashPAIREDREADSTANDINGSTANDINGGUARDGUARDbyPaulMasonbyPaulMasonillustratedbyHarrietBaileyillustratedbyHarrietBaileySTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyDefinitionsandRestatementsVocabularyassigned,generosity,gingerly,mature,organization,residents,scattered,selectiveContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivics**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,450**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118864-2MHID:0-02-118864-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TrashontheBeach..........................2Chapter2BirdSitting..................................5Chapter3NightShift...................................8Chapter4StoppingTraffic.............................12RespondtoReading........................16TheGreatBigBirthdayBash......17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionInwhatwayscanyouhelpyourcommunity?STANDINGSTANDINGGUARDGUARDbyPaulMasonbyPaulMasonillustratedbyHarrietBaileyillustratedbyHarrietBaileyRubypulledherselfthroughtheoceanwithstrong,steadystrokes,herarmsandlegstinglinginthecoldwater.Shestoppedtowaveathermom,whowasstandingontheshore.Rubythenplungedbeneaththesurface.Suddenlysheopenedhereyesinhorror.Somethingwideandclearhadwrappeditselfaroundherleg—itfeltlikeajellyfish!Rubyclawedforthesurface,expectingtobestung,butthensherealizeditwasaplasticbag.“Whothrewtheirtrashintotheocean?”shethought.Shesnatchedatthebagandswamfortheshore.“Goodswim?”askedhermom.Rubyshiveredandshowedherthe...
