RealisticFictionPAIREDREADPoetrybyKatharinePhilipson•illustratedbyCarlPearceSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategySimilesVocabularybounced,imagine,inventor,observerWordcount:1,107Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119003-4MHID:0-02-119003-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1Jed’sProblem..........................2Chapter2AChallenge...........................6Chapter3Jed’sVictory..........................11RespondtoReading...................16Poetry.......................17FocusonLiteraryElements...........20EssentialQuestionHowdopeoplefigurethingsout?byKatharinePhilipson•illustratedbyCarlPearceChapter1Jed’sProblemJedkickedatthestonesashefollowedhisbrotherandsistersalongtheroad.Theschoolbusstopwasamilefromhome.Itwasalongwalktomaketwiceeachday.Theschoolwasalmostoppositetheirhouse.Buttherailroadranbetweentheirfarmandtheschool,andthenearestcrossingwasfivemilesdowntheroad.Dadsaidthatwhenhewasakidtherewastalkofbuildingafootbridgeovertherailroad,butnothingeverhappened.2Jedhopedthebuswouldn’tbelate.Hewantedachancetotalktohisbestfriend,Leo,beforeclass.Jedcouldn’twaittotellLeothathehadbeenchosenfortheschool’sjuniortrackteam.3Thefirstmeetingofthetrackteamwasheldduringrecess.ThecoachannouncedthatpracticewouldbeeveryTuesdayafterschool.“Ohno!”Jedthought.HismotherworkedlateonTuesdays.Shewouldn’tbeabletopickhimupafterpractice.“Hey,Coach,”hesaidhesitantly.“Couldpracticebeanotherday?”“Sorry,Jed,”MrHansenreplied.“That’stheonlydaytheseniorsdon’tneedthetrack.”Jedwasshocked.Therewasnowayhecouldbeontheteam.Hisheartfeltasheavyasarock.4At...
