PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionbyKatharinePhilipson•illustratedbyCarlPearceSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategySimilesVocabularybounced,imagine,inventor,observerELLVocabularypetition,solveWordcount:934Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119275-5MHID:0-02-119275-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1Jed’sProblem..........................2Chapter2AChallenge...........................6Chapter3Jed’sVictory..........................11RespondtoReading...................16Thomas,theMessMonster...17FocusonLiteraryElements...........20EssentialQuestionHowdopeoplefigurethingsout?byKatharinePhilipson•illustratedbyCarlPearceChapter1Jed’sProblemJedfollowedhisbrotherandsistersalongtheroad.Jedhadtowalkamiletothebus.TherailroadranbetweenJed’shouseandtheschool.Theclosestplacetocrosstherailroadtrackswasfivemilesaway.Dadsaidthatpeoplewantedtobuildafootbridgeovertherailroadtracks.Thebridgewasneverbuilt.railroadtracks2Thebusgottoschooljustbeforeclassstarted.TheproblemwasthatJedwantedtogettoschoolearly.Leo,Jed’sbestfriend,hadjustgottenbackfromatrip.JedandLeohadalottocatchupon.JedwantedtotellLeothathehadbeenchosenfortheschool’strackteam.InOtherWordsfindoutabout.Enespañol,catchuponquieredecirponersealdía.JedLeo3Thetrackteamhadameeting.ThecoachsaidthatpracticewouldbeonTuesdaysafterschool.Jedwasworried.HeknewhismomhadtoworklateonTuesdays.Shewouldn’tbeabletopickhimup.Jedwassadbecausehecouldnotbeonthetrackteam.Jed’sheartfeltasheavyasarock.4Jedtoldhisfamilywhathadhappened.Jedasked,“Couldwegetthetown’speopletobuildabridgeoverthetraintracks?Wereallyn...
