RealisticFictionTwoUp,OneDownTwoUp,OneDownPAIREDREADPoetrybyFredericaBrownillustratedbyMarkWeberSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategySimilesVocabularybounce,imagine,inventor,observerWordcount:1,650Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118841-3MHID:0-02-118841-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdopeoplefigurethingsout?Chapter1TroubleatPractice.......................2Chapter2LearningLessons.........................8Chapter3ANewGame...........................12RespondtoReading....................16IListen,TheNestingBox.......17FocusonLiteraryElements.............20TwoUp,OneDownTwoUp,OneDownbyFredericaBrownillustratedbyMarkWeberChapter1TroubleatPracticeMaywheeledherselftotheothersideofthecourtasfastasshecould,butshemissedtheball.Itbouncedoutsidetheline.“Ohno!”shecriedinfrustration.“That’sthesixthballI’vemissedtoday!Ijustcan’treachtheballbythesecondbounce!”“Calmdown,”saidhercoach,Paul.“It’simportantnottoletyourtempergetthebetterofyou,especiallyinasportliketennis.Youjustneedtogetmorepracticeinbetweenyourlessonswithme.Istheresomeoneyoucanplaywith?”“No,”saidMay,gloomily.“Ican’tthinkofanyone.”Astheydrovehomeafterthelesson,Maytoldhermotheraboutneedingsomeonetopracticewith.“Ican’timaginehowI’mevergoingtogetbetterifIcan’tpractice,”shesaid.“Iwanttobeareallygoodtennisplayer.”MomwasacarefulobserverofMay’stennislessons.“Icouldpracticewithyou,”shesaid.2“Thatwouldbegreat,Mom,”saidMay.ButMaywasdoubtful.Hermotherwasnotveryathleticandshedidn’tplaytennisveryoften.ThenextdayMayandhermotherwenttothetenniscourtsafters...
