PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionbyPaulMasonillustratedbyMartinSandersSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyFigurativeLanguageVocabularybrittle,creative,descriptive,outstretchedWordCount:2,170Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118862-8MHID:0-02-118862-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowarewritersinspiredbyanimals?Chapter1ALifetimeAway..............................2Chapter2ABadMood..................................5Chapter3OutontheWater.............................8Chapter4StickingClose................................11RespondtoReading..........................16Dolphin,RabbitField,Squirrel.....17FocusonGenre..............................20byPaulMasonillustratedbyMartinSandersJennylookedoutofthebuswindowindismay.Thesignabovethedinerread“DolphinCove.”Therewasnoescapingthefactthattheyhadarrived.Thetownlookeddullandgray,butperhapsthewindowwasgrimy—ormaybeitwasjusthowJennyfelt.Thebusdoorswungopen,andtheodoroffishwaftedin,wrappingitselfaroundJennylikeablanket.Onthesidewalk,GrandpaandGrandmabeamedupatthebus,theirarmsoutstretched.Jennyandhermothersmiledbackandwaved.“It’sgreattobehome,Dad,”saidJenny’smomafterthey’dclimbedintothecar.“Ijustwishwewerehereunderdifferentcircumstances.”Chapter12“Lotsofpeoplearefindingitdifficultatthemoment,”saidGrandma,“butdon’tworry,you’llsoonbebackonyourfeet.”SheleanedoverandsqueezedJenny’shand.“Anyway,we’regladtohaveachancetospendtimewithyouboth.”Jennyrepliedunenthusiastically,“I’mglad,too,Grandma.”Asthecarsputteredalongthemainstreet,Jenny’slifebackinthecityseem...
