This selection is a narrative nonfiction story about supply and demand.  It gives readers information about the basics of starting a business, and also provides standard business terms and their definitions.  Karly encounters some problems in her business, but she figures out ways to solve her problems and reach her goal of having a successful business. (McGraw-Hill Imagine It!, 2008)

This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.