TallTalePAIREDREADTheTranscontinentalRailroadbyMolinaribyBillNillustratedCarloMNagelkerkeSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyHomographsVocabularyplunging,prospector,scoffed,settlement,shrivel,territories,toppled,witheredContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordCount:2,249****Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118916-8MHID:0-02-118916-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM171615141312PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhataresomereasonspeoplemovedwest?Chapter1OnGrandmaPolly’sPorch.....................2Chapter2TheSteel-DrivingMan.........................6Chapter3TheTravelingSalesman.......................10Chapter4TheContest..................................13RespondtoReading..........................16TheTranscontinentalRailroad......17FocusonGenre..............................20illuststratraededbyCarloMolinaribyBiBillNaggelekekerkke“Gatheraround,youtwoyoungones,gatheraround!”Aftercallingoutthiscommand,GrandmaPollysettledbackintoherrockerontheporch.GrandmaPollywaselderly,andsherestedoften.Samwasusedtothat,justashewasusedtohelpingoutaroundhisgrandmother’splace.Samlivedjustafewhousesaway,andhewasatGrandmaPolly’smostafternoonsandevenings.Helikedhelpinghercookherdinner,andsometimesheevenwashedup.Sam’scousinJosiahhadonlyvisitedahandfuloftimesbecausehelivedafewstationsdowntheline.Thisweekendwasoneofthosetimes.IthadnotbeeneasyforSambecauseJosiahquestionedjustabouteverythingGrandmaPollyandSamsaid.“What’sallthatabout?”JosiahaskedS...
