BiographyPAIREDREADVibrantLosAngelesJudyBacabyAnnaHarrisSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:Cover“JudithF.BacaattheGreatWallofLosAngeles”2005.CourtesyofSPARC(www.sparcmurals.org).**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategyCompoundWordsVocabularyadmired,classmates,community,contributed,practice,pronounce,scared,tumbleContentStandardsSocialStudiesCultureandDiversityWordcount:924**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118966-3MHID:0-02-118966-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1YoungJudyBaca..................2Chapter2TheGreatWallofLosAngeles......8Chapter3MoreRecentWork................12RespondtoReading...............15VibrantLosAngeles........16Glossary/Index....................19FocusonSocialStudies...........20GenreBiographyEssentialQuestionHowdopeoplefromdifferentculturescontributetoacommunity?JudyBacabyAnnaHarrisCHAPTER1YoungJudyBacaDoyouthink“real”arthangsonlyindustyframesonthewallsofartmuseums?Thinkagain!Somepeoplecreatelargeartworksonwalls.Theseartworksarecalledmurals.JudyBacaisanAmericanmuralartist.Shewasbornin1946.HerfamilyisfromMexico.Asayounggirl,JudylivedinLosAngeleswithhermother,twoaunts,andagrandmothersheadored.Amuralisapieceofartpaintedonawall.2KennethJohansson/CORBISWhenJudywassix,sheandhermothermovedtoanotherpartofthecity.Therestofherfamilystayedbehind.JudyhadalwaysspokeninSpanish.Inthenewneighborhood,shewasn’tallowedtospeakSpanishatschool.ShehadfewMexicanAmericanclassmates.Atfirst,Judystr...
