RealisticFictionbyPaulMasonillustratedbyVladimirAleksicThePAIREDREADPoetrySTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyFigurativeLanguageVocabularybrittle,creative,descriptive,outstretchedELLVocabularymanaged,surfaceWordCount:1,253Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119152-9MHID:0-02-119152-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheFishingTrip...........................2Chapter2ABreakintheLine.......................6Chapter3ABite...................................9Chapter4CatchandRelease......................13RespondtoReading....................16Peacock,GrassSnake,Robin....17FocusonGenre........................20EssentialQuestionHowarewritersinspiredbyanimals?byPaulMasonillustratedbyVladimirAleksicbyPaulMasonbyPaulMasonTheRickySalTheFishingTrip2Itwasthelastdayofschool.Thebellrangforrecess.Salandhisfriendsrantotheplaygroundandshoutedwithjoy.Salwasexcited.TomorrowSalandhisuncleMikeyweregoingtotheirfamilycabinnearLakeLacuna.UncleMikeyandSallikedtogofishingatLakeLacuna,althoughtheyhadtofollowano-technologyruleatthecabin.Sal’sfriendRickywassurprised.“There’snoTVinthecabin?Novideogames?”Rickyasked.Chapter1Salshookhishead.Hereplied,“Notechnology.It’stheruleatthecabin.”Salsaid,“Thereisanenormouscatfishatthelake.It’scalledtheBigOne.Ithaslivedthereforalongtime.I’mgoingtocatchitthisyear.”Rickywrinkledhisnose.“Ugh,Idon’tlikefishing.I’dratherplaycomputergames.”Thenextmorning,UncleMikeyarrivedinhistruck.HewavedatSalwithhisarmoutstretched.“Doyouwantacupofcoffee?”Sal’sdadasked.UncleMikeyreplied,“Sure,butwe’reinahurry.Saland...
