1、Realistic FictionPAIREDREADCAKE and Lemonadeby Jes se Bor neman nby Jes se Bor neman nill ust rat ed ill ust rat ed byby NoahNoah Phipp sPhipp sProgram:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:70CV_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 3CV_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 313/02/12 4:09 P
2、M13/02/12 4:09 PMSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:Make PredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabulary StrategyParagraph CluesVocabularydilemma,feebly,persistent,recoiled,roused,skewed,summon,vastness Word Count:3,177Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:70Copyright The McGraw-Hil
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5、d 213/02/12 4:09 PM13/02/12 4:09 PMPAIREDREADEssential QuestionWhat kinds of challenges transform people?Chapter 1Difficult News .2Chapter 2A Brilliant Idea .6Chapter 3Name Your Price .10Respond to Reading.16CAKE and Lemonade.17Focus on Literary Elements .20by Jes se Bor neman nby Jes se Bor neman n
6、ill ust rat ed ill ust rat ed byby NoahNoah Phipp sPhipp sProgram:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:70001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 1001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 113/02/12 4:14 PM13/02/12 4:14 PM“Its not fair!”Jacob,Jessicas little brother,gave an ear-sp
7、litting shriek and threw himself onto the couch.Under any other circumstancessay,if Jacob had been demanding the remote control or refusing to eat peas(again)Mom and Dad would have sent him to his room in an instant.Jessica suspected this time would be different,though.Things really werent fair.Sure
8、 enough,Mom only sighed and Dad grimaced.“This is hard for all of us,Jacob,”he said quietly.“Weve all been looking forward to WildWorld for a long time.”Jessica nodded.All winter,Jessica had been compiling a list of the rides she wanted to try,starting with Perils Peak,the largest roller coaster in
9、the state.Making lists was one of Jessicas favorite hobbies.As Mom tried to console Jacob,Jessica couldnt help starting a new list in her mind.Difficult NewsChapter 12Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:70001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 2001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L
10、70_B_119260.indd 213/02/12 4:14 PM13/02/12 4:14 PMReasons This Is NOT Fair:1)Dad has worked at Ross Paper Incorporated practically forever.2)The WildWorld trip was so closeonly four weeks away.The timing couldnt be worse.3)Dad is nice and good at his job(and not just in our opinion).Bad things shoul
11、dnt happen to nice people.4)The whole family depends on Dad.In her head,Jessica reviewed the list and mentally put a huge star next to the last point:“The whole family depends on Dad.”What would they do for money now that Dad had been laid off?Did Mom earn enough as a part-time graphic designer to p
12、ay all of their bills?Jessica gasped as a new misfortune occurred to her.“Will we have to give Hopalong away?”she sputtered,thinking of her beloved bunny.Jacob abruptly switched from sniffling to wailing loudly.“None of our pets is going anywhere,”Mom said quickly.“But we will need to make some sacr
13、ifices.”“W-whats a sacrifice?”Jacob hiccupped.“A sacrifice is a tough choice,”Dad said.“When you make a sacrifice,you decide to give up something important so that the people you love will be better off.”Jacob considered this for a second.“I am not giving up Karate Frog!”he shouted.“And Im not liste
14、ning to you anymore!”Before anyone had time to answer him,he pointedly turned off his hearing aid and stomped off to his room,slamming the door behind him.As immature as her brothers behavior was,Jessica understood his need to be alone.“I think Im going to read for a while,”she said and retreated to
15、 her own bedroom.3Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:70001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 3001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 313/02/12 4:14 PM13/02/12 4:14 PMFeeling depressed and upset,Jessica surveyed her cluttered room.A stack of library books sat on her
16、 desk,but she seriously doubted her ability to concentrate.Grabbing a comic book from the massive pile under her bed,she flopped onto her stomach and randomly opened it to the center.In a colorful spread,a group of townspeople recoiled in horror as a large,flaming meteor crashed toward them.Thats ex
17、actly how I feel,Jessica thought darkly.Of course,the villagers had no real reason for concernthe superhero Vestra would turn up in the next panel and save them.Vestra was always swooping in to block a tumbling boulder or deep-freeze a charging pack of wolves.4Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFV
18、endor:Learning MediaLevel:70001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 4001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 413/02/12 4:14 PM13/02/12 4:14 PMWhat would Vestra do about Dads losing his job?Reversing Earths spin and plunging her family into the past before Dads layoff wasnt an option.And Jessica co
19、uldnt harness any super strength to lift WildWorld from its current location and move it to their backyard.What she really needed wasnt a secret superpowerthe solution to her familys problem,unfortunately,was far more mundane.Plain and simple,she needed money.With all of the energy she could muster,
20、Jessica roused herself and rummaged in her desk for a pencil.Taking her journal from its hiding place beneath her mattress,she began another list.Moneymaking Ideas:1)Mow lawns.2)Wash cars(and bikes?).3)Walk dogs and take care of other pets.4)Collect and exchange recyclables.How many bottles and cans
21、 would she have to recycle in order to pay for their vacation?Just thinking about the vastness of the task exhausted her.Jessica considered the other options on her list.Most people walked their own dogs unless they were out of town,and no one would be gone until school was out for the break.Only fo
22、ur short weeks stood between this miserable day and spring vacation.Even if she mowed every lawn in town and washed a parking garage full of cars,she was almost positive that she couldnt earn enough money for four tickets to WildWorld.Angry at her helplessness,Jessica scribbled out each item on the
23、list and flung her journal across the room.Where was Vestra in a real crisis?5Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:70001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 5001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 513/02/12 4:14 PM13/02/12 4:14 PMJessica shut her eyes and resolved to s
24、leep for the rest of the afternoon.Maybe a grand money-earning scheme would occur to her in a dream,or even better,perhaps she would wake up to find that the days events had never happened.Just as she was beginning to doze,she heard Dad at the door asking to come in.Had the phone been ringing as she
25、 drifted off?Jessica sat up with sudden excitement.The phone had definitely rung!Mr.Ross had called to beg Dads forgiveness and offer him a new,better job.Vestra could keep zapping meteors and deep-freezing wolvesher assistance would not be required.Jessica hurriedly called her dad in,but he hadnt c
26、ome to say hed been rehired.“I thought I heard a thump earlier,”Dad said,looking toward the corner of the room where Jessicas journal lay upside down.“I was trying to make a list,but it turned out to be really dumb.”“Well,let me be the judge of that.May I have a look?”Jessica reluctantly retrieved h
27、er journal and opened it to the page of scratched-out jobs.“I wanted to earn enough for WildWorld,but.”Jessicas throat tightened,and she let her explanation trail off.“Its great that youre being so ambitious,Jess.Its not your responsibility to pay our family expenses,though,and there are plenty of o
28、ther ways you can help.”A Brill ian t Ide aChapter 26Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:70001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 6001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 613/02/12 4:14 PM13/02/12 4:14 PM“I cant do anything that matters.”Jessica shrugged,willing the t
29、ears not to come.“Come on,nowif you were to take on a few extra chores,that would make a big difference.Ill need lots of time for job hunting,and your mom will be putting in more hours at her job,too.”Dad was doing his best to lighten Jessicas mood,but the thought of extra chores wasnt exactly comfo
30、rting.“You can also pay more attention to your brother,”Dad continued.“Hes too young to fully grasp the situation,so we have to be especially patient with him.”Jessica decided it was time to change the subject.“It sounded like the phone was ringing a few minutes ago.”“Oh,Aunt Emily was just calling
31、to check on us.”“Is she coming to visit soon?”A few days with Aunt Emily and the cousins just might salvage the month.It was almost impossible to be grumpy watching the three-year-old twins perform their made-up dances.“Not that I know of.The fair is coming up,and Im sure shell want to take the twin
32、s.”Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:707001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 7001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 713/02/12 4:14 PM13/02/12 4:14 PMJessica remembered going to the annual Pinkerton County Fair when she was about Jacobs age.Usually Pinkerton was
33、a sleepy place,but thousands of families traveled there each spring for the county fair.When Jessica went,she had won(with Dads help)a stuffed purple gorilla that now resided in Jacobs room.The fair was no WildWorld,but it did have small mechanical rides that whipped you through the air like a bird,
34、and there was a tent that sold cotton candy in 15 different flavors.In a moment of inspiration,a brilliant idea sprang into Jessicas mind.“Dad,maybe we could go to the fair for our spring vacation!”Jessicas father paused and removed his glasses,a sign that he was seriously considering her suggestion
35、.“Well,its only a three-or four-hour drive from here,so I suppose thats an option,”said Jessicas father.“And we might be able to stay with Aunt Emily,which would certainly save on hotel costs.Weve never taken Jacob to the fair,have we?”“Thats right,and hed love it!”Could this plan actually work?In h
36、er own way,Jessica might be able to rescue her family after all.“But you know,the fair isnt free either.”8Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:70001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 8001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 813/02/12 4:14 PM13/02/12 4:14 PMAnd there i
37、t wasthe money dilemma all over again.At this point,Jessica would do almost anything to avoid a spring vacation spent cleaning her room and bracing herself against Jacobs tantrums.She would even sell all of her precious comic books.Come to think of it,she could probably earn a decent amount of money
38、 selling her comics:Over the years,she had gathered a fairly impressive collection.Maybe she could let them go Jessicas heart beat faster.“This is just an idea,but why dont we have a yard sale?”To Jessicas delight,Dad did not put his glasses back on.“Well,if we did have a yard sale,would you be will
39、ing to organize it?”“Yes,yes!”Jessica shouted her excited agreement the moment her father stopped speaking.“Why dont you start by looking through each room and making a list of all of the things we might sell?”“One big list coming right up!”“Im proud of you,Jess,”Dad said,smiling at her warmly.“Ther
40、e is just one very important thing you need to consider,though”Jessica held her breath and waited for the bad newscouldnt anything go right today?“Please make sure that Karate Frog isnt on your list.”9Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:70001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119
41、260.indd 9001-009_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 913/02/12 4:14 PM13/02/12 4:14 PMChapter 3“Jessica,may I please please please please please help?”As much as she wanted to tell her brother to go away,and as much as Jacobs persistent pleading was getting on her nerves,Jessica gritted her teeth and
42、reminded herself to be patient.“Well,if you want to help,you need to listen carefully,so no turning off your hearing aid even if you get mad,”Jessica warned.“I promise!”Jacob nodded vigorously.“Okay,why dont you go into my closet and pull out the clothes in the back?”Jessica figured that if she show
43、ed that she was willing to part with some old clothes,maybe Jacob would be equally generous with his old toys.In a little over two weeks,Jessicas list had grown to four full pages.At this rate,she should be able to add another page or two before next Saturdaythe big day.It had taken a surprising amo
44、unt of effort to convince her dad that he didnt need a barely used tennis racket,but overall,Jessica was happy with her progress.“How about these?”Jacob held up a pair of sequined red shoes.“Theyre way too small for you.”Jessica winced.She had performed her first dance recital in those shoes.She cou
45、ldnt look at her brother as she faked enthusiasm.“Nice find,Jacob!Ill put them on the list.”Name You r Price10Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:70010-016_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 10010-016_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 1013/02/12 4:15 PM13/02/12 4:15 PM11Pro
46、gram:CR 14Component:LRG6 U3 W2 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:70010-016_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 11010-016_CR14_LR_G6_U3W2L70_B_119260.indd 1113/02/12 4:15 PM13/02/12 4:15 PMBy the time the weekend of the sale arrived,it was difficult to walk through the house without tripping over a pile of
47、 bath towels or stubbing a toe on old ski equipment.On Thursday evening,Mom,Jessica,and Jacob had hung posters around the neighborhood advertising the“Greatest Deals in the Known Universe!”Jessica cringed at the exaggeration,but Jacob had insisted on the wording.“Greatest Deals in the Known Universe
48、”was the phrase used by Bargain Bob in a maddeningly memorable car commercial that Jacob loved.Anytime Jessica caught herself grumbling about her brothers silliness or groaning with reluctance to clean the bathroom and take out the trash,she took a deep breath and pictured the fair.Aunt Emily had sa
49、id she was more than happy to have them stay with her.On Saturday morning,Jessica woke up just after dawn.Lifting her bedroom curtain,she was relieved to see a clear sky.The sale was scheduled to begin at 9 A.M.The night before,her mom and dad had shown her how to make a budget for their week at the
50、 fair.Looking at each days expenses,the costs really added up.For a few moments,Jessica doubted if she could raise that much money with the yard sale.Jacob interrupted her thoughts as he called from her doorway,“Is it time to make a deal?”“Just about.Lets start bringing our stuff to the front door.”
