PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictonTooManyTooManyFrogsFrogsbyKarenAlexanderillustratedbyBarryGottSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyIdiomsELLVocabularyconvincing,practical,slinksVocabularyentertainment,humorous,ridiculous,slithersWordcount:885Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118610-5MHID:0-02-118610-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1AprilFools’Day.......................2Chapter2SettingtheScene.....................5Chapter3Help,Frogs!...........................8Chapter4NoHarmDone......................12RespondtoReading.................16CatandDog................17FocusonLiteraryElements..........20EssentialQuestionWhatmakesuslaugh?TooManyTooManyFrogsFrogsbyKarenAlexanderillustratedbyBarryGottChapter1AprilFools’DayNatisexcited.Todayisthebestdayoftheyear!ItisAprilFool’sDayandNatlovestoplaypracticaljokes.SomeofNat’sjokeshavebeenagreatsuccess.LastyearonAprilFool’sDay,Natplayedapracticaljokeonhissister.Hemadeherbedwiththesheetsfoldedhalfwaydown.Nat’ssisterlaughedwhenshesawwhatNathaddone.sheets2Somepeopledon’tthinkNat’spracticaljokesarefunny.Momdidn’tthinkfindingafurrytoymouseinhercerealwashumorousatall.Momsaid,“That’sit!Nomorepracticaljokesfortwoweeks.”Thewordatisapreposition.Findanotherprepositiononthispage.LanguageDetectivecerealtoymouse3Natistheclassclown.Heisalwaysmakingjokesinclass.Natlikesmakingtheotherkidslaugh.OnAprilFools’Day,Natwantstoprovideeveryonewithsomegoodentertainment.Natthoughtforalongtimebeforehecameupwithhisgreatidea.Hehasboughttwotoyfrogs.Thefrogsaremadeoutofgreenplastic.Theylookjustlikerealfrogs.InOthe...
