RealisticFictionPAIREDREADABigHeartSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyDefinitionsandRestatementsVocabularyassigned,generosity,gingerly,mature,organization,residents,scattered,selectiveELLVocabularyfocus,respectContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivics**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,349**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119154-3MHID:0-02-119154-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1“Stop!”...................................2Chapter2BuildingaGarden........................5Chapter3MoreHardWork.........................8Chapter4ANewStart.............................11RespondtoReading....................16ABigHeart....................17FocusonLiteraryElements.............20EssentialQuestionInwhatwayscanyouhelpyourcommunity?wallCHAPTER1CHAPTER1“STOP!”“STOP!”Aleclookedaroundthehallwaytocheckthathewasalone.Hetookoutathickblackmarker.Mr.BurgesshadmadeAlecfinishthemathproblemsduringlunch.NowAlecwasangryatMr.Burgess.AlecwroteSCHOOLonthewall.Alecheardavoiceyell,“AlecJohnson!Stop!”Alecdroppedthemarkerandturnedaround.Hisheartwasthumping.Mr.Burgesswasstaringathim.Mr.Burgesssaidwithdisappointment,“Comewithmetotheprincipal’soffice.”lockerAlec2AlecsatoutsidePrincipalRamirez’soffice.Alectriednottothinkaboutthetroublehewasin.Whenhisparentsfinallyarrived,theylookedtiredandworried.“Sorry,”Alecsaidquietly.Theywentintotheprincipal’soffice.PrincipalRamirezsaid,“Hello,Mr.andMrs.Johnson.I’msorrywehavetomeetagain.Howmanymeetin...
