PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictonbyKarenAlexanderillustratedbyBarryGottTooManyTooManyFrogsFrogsSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyentertainment,humorous,ridiculous,slithersWordcount:1,124Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118816-1MHID:0-02-118816-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110TooManyTooManyFrogsFrogsbyKarenAlexanderillustratedbyBarryGottPAIREDREADChapter1AprilFools’Day.......................2Chapter2SettingtheScene.....................5Chapter3Help,Frogs!...........................8Chapter4NoHarmDone......................12RespondtoReading.................16PetDay.....................17FocusonLiteraryElements..........20EssentialQuestionWhatmakesyoulaugh?Chapter1AprilFools’DayNatwakesearlyandhopsoutofbed.Todayisthebestdayoftheyearforhim.Natlovestoplaypracticaljokes,andtodayisAprilFools’Day.SomeofNat’sjokeshavebeenbighits.Lastyear,heshort-sheetedhissister’sbed.Shecouldn’tunderstandwhatwasgoingon.Shestartedtothinkthatherlegsmusthavegrownmuchlongerduringtheday.Whensherealizedwhathadhappened,shelaughedherheadoff.2SomeofNat’sjokeshaven’tbeenquitesosuccessful.Momdidn’tthinkfindingafurrytoymouseinthecerealwashumorousatall.Aftershecalmeddownabit,shesaid,“That’sit!There’sabanonNattricksfortwoweeks.”3Natistheclassclown.Heisalwaysmakingjokesinclass.Helikesitwhenhemakestheotherkidslaugh.SinceitisAprilFools’Day,hefeelslikehehastocomeupwithsomethingreallygoodtoprovidehisclassmateswithsomereallygoodentertainment.Natthoughtlongandhardbeforehecameupwithhisbrilliantidea.Hehasboughttwotoyfrogs.Theyaremadeoutofgreenplastic,andtheylook...
