PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionbyElizabethBreretonillustratedbyCarolineRomanetFunnyFacesSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyentertainment,humorous,ridiculous,slitheredWordcount:1,077Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118834-5MHID:0-02-118834-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1MissingOut...........................2Chapter2TryAgain,Max........................5Chapter3MonkeyBusiness......................9RespondtoReading.................16MyCheekyPuppy...........17FocusonLiteraryElements..........20EssentialQuestionWhatmakesyoulaugh?byElizabethBreretonillustratedbyCarolineRomanetFunnyFacesChapter1MissingOutMissingOutMaxwalkedthroughthefrontdoorandwentintothekitchen.“Hi,Mom,I’mhome!”“Howwasschool,honey?”Momasked.“Great!Iscoredagoalinsoccer!”saidMax.“Welldone!”MompassedMaxhisappleandabowlofsoup.“WouldyoumindtakingthissouptoElla?She’sgotabadcold.”2Maxtookhisappleandthebowlofchickensoupintothefamilyroom.Ellawassittingonthesofawithablanketpulleduptoherchinandtissuesscatteredaroundher.Hereyeswereredandpuffy.“Here’syoursoup,”Maxsaid.Hewasabouttoleave,butthenheheardEllasniff.Heturnedaroundandrealizedthatshewascrying.“What’sthematter?”heasked.3“Ihadtocomehomefromschoolearly,”Ellasaid.“That’snotsobad.Youcangobacktoschoolwhenyou’refeelingbetter,”Maxsaid,takingabiteofhisapple.“Itisbad!Imissedoutonthezootrip!”Ellasaid,sniffingagain.“Ihaven’tbeentothezooforages.”Shelookedveryunhappy.MaxknewthatEllahadbeenreallylookingforwardtogoingtothezoo.Forweeks,shehadbeentalkingaboutallthedifferentanimalsherclasswo...
