PAIREDREADVibrantLosAngelesBiographyJudyBacabyAnnaHarrisSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:Cover“JudithF.BacaattheGreatWallofLosAngeles”2005.CourtesyofSPARC(www.sparcmurals.org).**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategyCompoundWordsVocabularyadmired,classmates,community,contributed,practicing,pronounce,scared,tumbleContentStandardsSocialStudiesCultureandDiversityWordcount:1,216**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118819-2MHID:0-02-118819-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1YoungJudyBaca.....................2Chapter2TheGreatWallofLosAngeles........8Chapter3MoreRecentWork...................12RespondtoReading.................15VibrantLosAngeles.........16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonSocialStudies.............20EssentialQuestionHowdopeoplefromdifferentculturescontributetoacommunity?byAnnaHarrisJudyBacaCHAPTER1YoungJudyBacaDoyouthink“real”arthangsonlyindustyframesonthewallsofartmuseums?Thinkagain!Somepeoplecreatelargeartworksonblankwalls.Theseartworksarecalledmurals.JudyBacaisanAmericanmuralartist.Shehaspaintedorhelpedorganizethepaintingofover2,000murals.Judywasbornin1946.HerfamilyisoriginallyfromMexico.Asayounggirl,JudylivedinLosAngeleswithhermother,twoaunts,andagrandmothersheadored.Hermotherworkedinatirefactory.Hergrandmothercaredforherwhilehermotherearnedmoneytofeedthefamily.Thismural,whichfeaturesanelephantandapeacedove,brightensupaparkingbuilding.2KennethJohansson/CORBISWhenJudywass...
