PAIREDREADPoetryFictionbyClaraStrongfootillustratedbyMargeauxLucasMatt’sMatt’sJourneyJourneySTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:PointofViewPhonicsr-controlledvowelsyllablesVocabularyStrategyMetaphorsVocabularycreate,dazzling,imagination,secondsWordcount:709Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118988-5MHID:0-02-118988-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312byClaraStrongfootillustratedbyMargeauxLucasMatt’sMatt’sJourneyJourneyPAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWherecanyourimaginationtakeyou?GenreFictionChapter1GloomyDay......................2Chapter2RainforestDance..................5Chapter3DesertRide.......................9Chapter4ABigAppetite....................13RespondtoReading...............16Poetry.....................17FocusonLiteraryElements........20Mattlookedoutthewindowatanotherrainyday.“WhydoesitalwayshavetorainonSaturdays?”Mattthought.“Whycouldn’titbeasunnydayjustonce?Why?”Chapter1GloomyDay2Therainsplashedagainstthewindow,blurringMatt’sview.Mattstaredharder.“Iseeshapesmovingoutside,”hethought.“Hmmm,whatcantheybe?”ThenMattnoticedthattherainsoundedlikeadrumbeatasittappedagainstthewindow.3Theblurryshapesbegantomove.“Someofthemlooklikepeople,”Mattthought.“Otherslooklikeanimals.ButIcan’tseetheirfacesclearlythroughthewetglass.”Mattkeptgazingatthemovingshapes.Thenhesmiledandlethisimaginationtakeover.STOPANDCHECKWhatdoesMattthinkheseesoutside?4AjunglesetdeepinarainforestspreadbeforeMatt’seyes.“Icanseepeopledancing,”hethought.“They’resurroundedbyjungleplantsandanimals.”Mattcouldn’ttellifthedancersweremenorwomen.Theywerewearinganimalmasks.“Thosearecoolmasks!Iwi...
