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:752**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118797-3MHID:0-02-118797-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADbyAnnaHarrisJudyBacaEssentialQuestionHowdopeoplefromdifferentculturescontributetoacommunity?GenreBiographyChapter1YoungJudyBaca..................2Chapter2TheGreatWallofLosAngeles......8Chapter3MoreRecentWork................12RespondtoReading...............15VibrantLosAngeles........16Glossary/Index....................19FocusonSocialStudies...........20KennethJohansson/CORBISCHAPTER1YoungJudyBacaDoyouthink“real”arthangsinmuseums?Thinkagain!Somepeoplemakeartworksonoutdoorwalls.Theartworksarecalledmurals.JudyBacaisanAmericanmuralartist.Shewasbornin1946.HerfamilyisfromMexico.Whenshewasyoung,JudylivedinLosAngeleswithhermotherandhergrandmother.Amuralisapieceofartpaintedonawall.2MountainHighMaps/DigitalWisdomWhenJudywassix,herlifechanged.SheandhermothermovedacrossLosAngeles.JudyhadalwaystalkedinSpanish.Inthenewneighborhood,shewasn’tallowedtospeakSpanishatschool.ShedidnothavemanyMexicanAmericanclassmates.Atfirst,JudyfoundithardtopronounceEnglishword...
