RealisticFictionPAIREDREADPoetrybyDianaNoonanillustratedbyStephenTemplerHomesickforforAmericanSamoaplerSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyMetaphorsVocabularygobble,individuality,mist,rootsELLVocabularyinsisted,moped,peculiarWordCount:1,570Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119027-0MHID:0-02-119027-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhatshapesaperson’sidentity?Chapter1AnInvitation...............................2Chapter2LosAngelesIsFun.........................7Chapter3Fa‘aSamoa................................11RespondtoReading.......................16FishingintheSupermarket......17FocusonLiteraryElements................20byDianaNoonanillustratedbyStephenTemplerHomesickforforAmericanSamoaplerSalesi’sfamilyreceivedaweddinginvitationinthemail.Salesi’scousinElisapetawasgettingmarried.Everybodywasexcited,exceptSalesi.ElisapetalivedinLosAngeles.LosAngeleswasveryfarawayfromSalesi’shomeinAmericanSamoa.TheinvitationincludedairplaneticketssoSalesi’sparentscouldgotothewedding.Whiletheirparentswereaway,Salesiandhisolderbrother,Pele,wouldhavetolookaftertheirhome.Theywouldhavetotakecareofthechickens,pigs,garden,andGrandma!Forthenextweek,Salesimopedaroundthehouse.Hesataloneonthedeck,withhischinrestingonhishand.SalesideckChapter1AnInvitation2Itwasn’tfairthatonlyhisparentsweregoingtothewedding.SalesihadheardstoriesaboutLosAngelesfromhiscousinswhentheyvisited.Salesi’scousinstoldthemaboutthefantasticamusementparksnearLosAngeles.Theamusementparksweresoenormousthatpeoplecouldspendawholedayataparkandnotgoonalltherides!ThecousinstoldSalesithat...
