byDianaNoonanillustratedbyStephenTemplerHomesickforforAmericanSamoaplerPAIREDREADPoetryRealisticFictionSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyMetaphorsVocabularygobble,individuality,mist,rootsWordCount:2,354Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118759-1MHID:0-02-118759-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhatshapesaperson’sidentity?Chapter1AnInvitation...............................2Chapter2LAIsFullofFun..........................7Chapter3Fa‘aSamoa................................11RespondtoReading.......................16PiecingItAllTogether...........17FocusonLiteraryElements................20byDianaNoonanillustratedbyStephenTemplerHomesickforforAmericanSamoaplerWhentheinvitationtohiscousin’sweddingcameinthemail,thewholevillagewasexcited.ButallSalesicouldthinkaboutwastheextrachoresitwouldmeanforhim.HiscousinElisapetalivedinLosAngeles.ThatwasalongwayfromSalesi’shomeinAmericanSamoa.Theinvitationcamewithtwoairplanetickets.Thatmeanthismomanddadwouldbegoing,andthey’dprobablybeawayforalmostthreeweeks.Heandhisbigbrother,Pele,wouldhavetotakecareofeverythingathome:thechickens,pigs,garden,house—nottomentionGrandma!Forthenextweek,Salesimopedaroundthehouse.Afterschoolhedidn’tevenfeellikeplayingfootballorgoingfishingwithhisfriends.Hejustsatontheporch,hischinrestingonhishand.Chapter1AnInvitation2Itwasn’tfairthattherewereonlytwoplanetickets.TherewassomuchtoseeinLosAngeles.HiscousinsfromCaliforniahadtoldhimallaboutitontheirvisitstohisvillage.ItsoundedlikePagoPago,thecapitalofAmericanSamoa,butbiggerandbetter.Hiscousinssaidthereweresomereallyco...
