RealisticFictionPAIREDREADFreshfromtheCitybyEveTonkinillustratedbyAbigailMarbleealisticictionRosa’sRosa’sbyEveTonkinEillustratedbyAbigailMarbleMblGardenGardenASTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyaccountable,advise,desperately,hesitated,humiliated,inspiration,self-esteem,uncomfortablyContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernment**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,326**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119134-4MHID:0-02-119134-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110Rosa’sRosa’sGardenGardenbyEveTonkinillustratedbyAbigailMarblePAIREDREADChapter1TheEmptyLot.......................2Chapter2GrowingBegins.......................6Chapter3TheMissingVegetables................9Chapter4TheGardeninBloom................13RespondtoReading...................16FreshfromtheCity.........17FocusonLiteraryElements...........20EssentialQuestionHowdoyouractionsaffectothers?EveryoneinRosa’sneighborhoodcomplainedabouttheemptylot.Piledhighwithtrash,oldtires,andbrokenjunk,itlookedterrible,andinsummer—whew,itsmelled!What’smore,thelotwasnolongerasafeplacetoplay.Thegroundwascracked,andkidswerealwaystrippingovertrash.RosarememberedhowmuchfunsheandherfriendMariausedtohaveplayingthere.Nowitwastoodangerous.EveryoneinRosa’sneighborhoodcomplaineTheEmptyLotTheEmptyLotChapter12Jamal’smomgrumbledtoRosa’smom.“I’vetoldJamalhe’snottoplaythereanymore.Theproblemisthatit’smuchcloserthanthepark.”“Don’tgetmestarted!”Rosa’smomreplied....
