byEveTonkinillustratedbyAbigailMarbleRosa’sRosa’sbybyEveTonkinEilillululustststraraatetetetedddbybyyAbigailMarblelMrbleRealisticFictionPAIREDREADFreshfromtheCityGardenGardenASTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyaccountable,advise,desperately,hesitated,humiliated,inspiration,self-esteem,uncomfortablyELLVocabularycommunity,gardening,neighborhoodContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernment**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,023**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119144-4MHID:0-02-119144-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110byEveTonkinillustratedbyAbigailMarbleRosa’sRosa’sGardenGardenPAIREDREADChapter1TheEmptyLot.......................2Chapter2GrowingBegins.......................6Chapter3TheMissingVegetables................9Chapter4TheGardeninBloom................13RespondtoReading..................16FreshfromtheCity.........17FocusonLiteraryElements...........20EssentialQuestionHowdoyouractionsaffectothers?Rosa’sneighborhoodhadanemptylot.Overtime,thelotwasfilledwithtrash.Insummer,thelotsmelled!Everyonecomplained.Thelotwasnotasafeplacetoplay.Thegroundhadcracks.Kidstrippedoverthetrash.Thelotwastoodangerous.bathtubRosa’sneighborhoodhadanemptylot.OverTheEmptyLotTheEmptyLotChapter1lot2Jamal’smomcomplainedtoRosa’smom.“ItoldJamalnottoplayinthelotanymore.”Rosa’smomreplied,“Don’tgetmestarted!Ipickupthetrashinthelotallthetime.IfeelhumiliatedbecauseIlivenexttothelot.”Rosastoodatthewindow.Shelookeddown...
