RealisticFictionPAIREDREADABigHeartSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyDefinitionsandRestatementsVocabularyassigned,generosity,gingerly,mature,organization,residents,scattered,selectiveContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivics**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,877**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119160-4MHID:0-02-119160-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1“StopRightNow!”.......................2Chapter2BuildingaGarden........................5Chapter3MoreHardWork.........................8Chapter4MakingUpforLostGround..............11RespondtoReading....................16ABigHeart....................17FocusonLiteraryElements.............20EssentialQuestionInwhatwayscanyouhelpyourcommunity?BRICKBYBRICKCHAPTER1CHAPTER1“STOPRIGHTNOW!”“STOPRIGHTNOW!”Aleccheckedthehallwaytomakesurehewasalone.Hepulledoutathickblackmarker.Hehadjustspentmostofhislunchtimecatchinguponmathwhenheshouldhavebeenplaying.Mr.Burgesshadkepthimin,tellinghimsomethingabout“notusingyourtimewisely.”Well,he’dshowMr.Burgess.Withaflourish,AlecdrewabigS,followedbyCHOOL.Hepausedtoadmirehiswork.“AlecJohnson!”acoldvoicecalledout.“Stoprightnow!”Alecdroppedthemarkerandwhippedaround,hisheartthumping.ItwasMr.Burgess.Theteacherstoodthere,glaringathim.Mr.Burgesstookadeepbreath.“Theprincipal’soffice.Comewithme.Now!”Hisvoicewascalm,buthesoundeddisappointed.2AlecsatoutsideMs.Ramirez’sofficewaitingforhisparents.Hecountedtheceilingtiles,tryingtokeephismindof...
