PAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionbyPaulMasonillustratedbyVladimirAleksicTheSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyFigurativeLanguageVocabularybrittle,creative,descriptive,outstretchedWordCount:1,674Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119158-1MHID:0-02-119158-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheFishingTrip...........................2Chapter2ABreakintheLine.......................6Chapter3ABite...................................9Chapter4CatchandRelease......................13RespondtoReading....................16Catfish,BlackBull,Crow........17FocusonGenre........................20EssentialQuestionHowarewritersinspiredbyanimals?byPaulMasonillustratedbyVladimirAleksicbyPaulMasonbyPaulMasonTheThebellrangforrecess,andSalandhisfriendsswarmedontotheplayground.Itwasthelastdayofschool,andexcitedshoutscarriedovertheplaygroundlikebirdsongatdawn.Salwasimpatient.Firstthingtomorrow,heandhisuncleMikeyweredrivingtotheirfamilycabininthewoodsnearLakeLacuna.Thelakemeantfishingandplentyofit.Therewasonething,though—therewasano-technologyruleatthecabin.“Youmeanthere’snotevenaTV?”Sal’sfriendRickywasshocked.2TheFishingTripChapter1Salshookhishead.“No.”“Well,atleastyoucanplayvideogames,right?”“LikeIsaid,there’snotechnology.It’sthefamilyrule.Wegotheretofish,”Salsaidwithashrug.“ThisyearI’mgoingtolandtheBigOne.It’sthisenormouscatfishthat’sbeenlivinginthelakeforyears.”Rickywrinkledhisnose.“Ugh,notmyideaoffun.Givemeacallwhenyougetback—I’llbeplayinggamesonmycomputer.”Thenextmorning,SalwatchedfromhisbedroomwindowasUncleMikey’spic...
