RealisticFictionPAIREDREADPoetrybyCatrionaBrowneillustratedbyTheoBainASpeechtoRememberSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyMetaphorsVocabularyadventurous,courageous,extremely,weirdWordcount:1,038Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118824-6MHID:0-02-118824-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110ASpeechtoRememberPAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowcanothersinspireus?GenreRealisticFictionChapter1SpeechDay..........................2Chapter2Della’sSolo...........................6Chapter3TheSpeech.........................10Chapter4AnUnexpectedEnding..............13RespondtoReading.................16LettheLionRoar...........17FocusonLiteraryElements..........20byCatrionaBrowne•illustratedbyTheoBainChapter1Iamgivingaspeechatschooltoday.I’vewrittenthespeechandIpracticeditathome.NowIamstandingatthesideofthestage,waiting.Mylegsfeelheavy.Myheadfeelslight.MystomachisinknotsandIwanttorunaway.2Itiscrowdedatthesideofthestage.TheOneVoicesingersareonfirst.Fourofthesingersarehuddledtogether.Theyareextremelyexcited.Andthenthere’sthefifthmember,Della.Sheisstandingbyherself.Shelookscalmasshewaitstogoon.Iwonderhowshestayssocalm.Idon’tknowherverywell,butIwanttoaskher.Inoticethatsheistakingslow,deepbreaths.3“Areyouscared?”Iask.“NotasscaredasIusedtobe,”saysDella.“WhenItriedoutforOneVoiceIopenedmymouthand…thisweirdsqueakcameout.”“Ohno!”“Itriedtoswallow,butIhadcottonmouth.”“What’sthat?”“It’swhenyourmouthissodryitfeelslikeit’sstuffedwithcottonballs.”“Whatdidyoudo?”4“Itookasipofwater.Mymouthwasn’tsodry,butIwasstillscared.Iwantedtorun.ButIreallywantedtosing,too.Itooksom...
