HistoricalFictionPAIREDREADRoosevelt’sFiresideChatsbyFeanaTu‘akoiillustratedbyEricScottFisherSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategySynonymsVocabularydecade,directing,engineering,gleaming,scouted,squirmed,technology,tinkeringContentStandardsScienceTechnologyWordcount:1,251**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119120-8MHID:0-02-119120-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1RadioDreaming.......................2Chapter2TheBrand-NewRadio.................5Chapter3TheAccident..........................9Chapter4UncleJoetotheRescue...............13RespondtoReading...................16Roosevelt’sFiresideChats....17FocusonGenre......................20EssentialQuestionHowdoinventionsandtechnologyaffectyourlife?byFeanaTu‘akoiillustratedbyEricScottFisher“Guesswhat?”saidRonasJimmyclimbedintothetreehouse.“Myfamily’sgettingaradio!”Hisfriendgrinnedandfloppeddownonthefloor.“AreyougettingonebecauseofyourfamousUncleJoe?”heasked.“No,althoughhehasbeenfoolingaroundwithhomemaderadiosformorethanadecade,”saidRon.“Eversincehegotbackfromthewar.He’llbeabletohelpDadsetitup.”2Jimmysmiled.Ronwasalwaystalkingabouthisuncle.Jimmyrecited,“YourUncleJoebuildshisownradios.Once,heletyoulistenthroughtheheadphonesandyouheardaviolinplaying.Anothertime,youheardamessagefromaship.UncleJoesaysthatpeoplehaveevensentmessagesacrosstheAtlanticOcean!”“Atleastyou’vebeenpayingattentiontowhatI’vetoldyou,”Ronsaidwithalaugh.Ro...