PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionbyDianaNoonanbyDianaNoonanillustratedillustratedbybyGervasioGervasioBenitezBenitezHookedHookedSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyMetaphorsVocabularygobble,individuality,mist,rootsWordCount:1,853Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119132-1MHID:0-02-119132-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhatshapesaperson’sidentity?Chapter1AFishyStory............................2Chapter2HookedonHistory.......................7Chapter3FishingintheFamily.....................11RespondtoReading....................16Let’sMakeMusic...............17FocusonLiteraryElements.............20byDianaNoonanbyDianaNoonanillustratedillustratedbybyGervasioGervasioBenitezBenitezHookedHooked“Heregoes,”Cristinasaid.“Thefirstcastisalwaystheluckiest.”Sheflickedherfishinglineandsentthebronzelurewhizzingthroughtheair.Thebaitmadeasatisfyingplopasitenteredthewater.Herdadwhistledhisapproval.“Greatcast,”hesaid.“Notsogreat,actually,”Cristinagroaned.Shebeganwindingintheline.“I’vecaughtasnag,andI’musingGranddadThomas’slure.WhatifIcan’tgetitback?”“Youwillifyouworkatit,”herdadsaid.Cristinaflickedherfishinglinethiswayandthat.Itwasnouseaskingherfatherforhelp.Healwayssaidshehadtodothingsforherself.Cristinasometimeswonderedifhewouldbeeasieronherifsheweren’tblind.Itseemedlikehewasalwaystryingtoteachhertobemoreindependentthaneveryoneelse.AFishyStoryChapter12“Youknow,”herdadbegan,“Ididn’tlikefishingwhenIwasyourage.”“Youdidn’tlikefishing!That’simpossible!”Cristinasaid.Shegaveherlineanextra-hardtug.Cristinawascrazyaboutfishing....
