PAIREDREADMagicAnansiNarrativeNonfictionbyMadhulaChopraSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverJamesLemass/Photolibrary/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:Author’sPurposePhonicsLongo:o,oa,ow,oeVocabularyStrategySynonymsVocabularyacross,borrow,countryside,idea,insists,lonely,solution,villagesContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivics/GovernmentWordcount:938**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118894-9MHID:0-02-118894-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1MovingtotheCity....................2Chapter2GettingAroundtheCity...............4Chapter3HavingFunintheCity................8Chapter4GivingBacktotheCity..............12RespondtoReading.................15MagicAnansi................16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonSocialStudies.............20EssentialQuestionHowcanpeoplehelpouttheircommunity?byMadhulaChopraArielSkelley/BlendImages/GettyImagesCHAPTER1TheSanchezfamilyispackingtomovetothecity.It’smovingdayfortheSanchezfamily!Theyaremovingfromthecountrytothecity.Lastnight,friendshelpedthempacktheircar.Thismorning,theyhavecometosaygoodbye.Thekidswaveuntiltheycannolongerseetheirfriends.Theyaresadtoleavetheirhouseandfriends,buttheyareexcitedaboutmovingtothecity.Theymetsomenewfriendswhentheylookedatapartmentsthere.MovingtotheCity2NoelHendrickson/DigitalVision/GettyImagesTheSanchezfamilydrivesonthehighwaytogettotheirnewhomeinthecity.TheSanchezfamilydrivesthroughthecountryside.Theypassfarmswithfields.Thenthehousesbecome...
