RealisticFictionPAIREDREADTheHomeworkBluesonYoubyEmmaTurnerillustratedbyElisabethEudesPascalSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyentertainment,humorous,ridiculous,slitherWordcount:2,061Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118907-6MHID:0-02-118907-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ThePranksters...............................2Chapter2TimeforMorePranks........................6Chapter3OneLastPrank?.............................11RespondtoReading........................16TheHomeworkBlues..............17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20byEmmaTurnerillustratedbyElisabethEudesPascalEssentialQuestionWhatmakesyoulaugh?onYouCHAPTER1ThePrankstersBradlikedplayingpracticaljokes,andhe’djusthadanideaforanothergoodone.Brad’sbestfriendRobbielikedpullingpranks,too,soBradracedovertoRobbie’shousetotellhimaboutitbeforeschool.“I’vegotagreatideaforanewjoke,”Bradsaid,asheburstthroughRobbie’sfrontdoor.“Greatmindsthinkalike!”Robbiesaid.“I’vegotone,too!”“Yougofirst,”saidBrad.“I’monlaundrydutythisweek,”saidRobbie.“Alloftheswimteamtowelsarepurple,right?Whydon’twesoakthetowelsingrape-flavoredsodabeforewepegthemupontheline?Noonewillnotice,becausetheywon’tlookanydifferent,butwhenthekidsgotodrythemselves,thepurplesodawillwipeoffontheirskin.They’llturnpurple!”“I’mnotsurethat’ssuchagreatidea—whatifthepurplewon’twashoff?”saidBrad.“Oh,Ididn’tthinkofthat.You’reprobablyright.What’syouridea?”Robbieasked.2“I’monlunchroomdutythisweek,”saidBrad.“Iboughtsomesuper-reallookingplasticfliesfromthejokeshopintown.Let’sput...
