RealisticFictionPAIREDREADPoetrybyFredericaBrownillustratedbyJanetMcDonnellProblemSolvedSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategySimilesVocabularybounce,imagine,inventor,observersWordcount:856Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118804-8MHID:0-02-118804-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1NothingtoDo....................2Chapter2MakingItHappen.................8Chapter3LotstoDo........................14RespondtoReading...............16RainyDay.................17FocusonLiteraryElements........20byFredericaBrownillustratedbyJanetMcDonnellProblemSolvedEssentialQuestionHowdopeoplefigurethingsout?GenreRealisticFictionChapter1NothingtoDo“I’mbored,”saidSarah.“Me,too,”saidToby.“There’snothingtodohere.Whydidwemove?Therewassomuchtodoinouroldtown.”“Whydon’tyoutwojoinaclubofsomekind?”askedMom.“Maybeasportsclub,orarecreationclub.You’llmakenewfriends.”“Wethoughtofthatalready,Mom,”saidSarah.“Butthereisn’tanythinginthisneighborhood!”saidToby.2“Thenwhataboutstartingaclubyourselves?”suggestedMom.“Iimaginethattheremustbealotofkidswho’dliketojoin.Youcandecidewhatkindofclubyouwant.Thenyoucanlookforsomewheretomeet.”“That’sagreatidea,”saidToby.Sarahnoddedinagreement.3Atschoolthenextday,TobyandSarahapproachedtheclasspresidents,MikeandHeather.Theyexplainedtheiridea.MikeandHeatherliketheidea.Theycalledameetingatlunchtime.“Raiseyourhandifyouareboredontheweekends,”saidSarah.Everyoneraisedtheirhand.“Wewanttostartaclub,”saidToby.“Ifyou’dliketojoin,writeyournameonthislist.Telluswhatyou’dliketodoattheclub,too.”4Bytheendofthemeeting,theyh...
