HI-Lo: Lights! Camera! Invention!

Hi-Lo:

Lights! Camera! Invention!

By: Lisa Siewert

5.0-5.5

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​Adapted from Hi-Lo Nonfiction Passages for Struggling Readers​

​Check Your Understanding

On the following slides, select the best choice to answer the reading comprehension questions.

Multiple Choice

Thomas Edison was someone who

• Never had any dreams

• Thought dreams were important

• Did not like to read to

• Liked being bored

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences best described Thomas Edison?

• He liked the world just the way it was.

• He thought trying to change the world was impossible.

• He thought it was too much trouble to try changing the world.

• He thought people could change the world if they tried.

Multiple Choice

People admire Thomas Edison because he

• Found pirate treasure

• found a way to hold concerts in the rain

• Worked to make his dreams come true

• Invented expensive electric street lamps

Multiple Choice

Voices and music could be heard clearly on the

• Park concert

• Film studio

• Electric light bulb

• Phonograph

Multiple Choice

Edison's bulb brought light inexpensively into people's

• Streets

• Homes

• Cars

• Parks

Vocabulary

​Find each vocabulary word in the selection. The words and sentences around it will help you figure out its meaning.

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Choose the answer with the best definition of the underlined word in the following slides. ​

Multiple Choice

Tom was supposed to be attending a concert in the park but it was raining.

• writing

• reading

• being present at

• inventing

Multiple Choice

Heavy rain had forced the band to postpone the concert until Sunday.

• show

• shop

• begin

• delay

Multiple Choice

He rummaged through his bookcase until he found a story he liked.

• destroyed

• played

• looked through

• put on film

Multiple Choice

Tom's light bulb had advantages over those being used in street lamps.

• movements

• benefits

• failures

• flower seeds

Multiple Choice

The light bulb was inexpensive because it used very little electricity.

• low in cost

• loud

• quiet

• painful

Word Work

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. For example, dark and light are antonyms . ​

​ Read each sentence and the words below. Type the word that means the opposite of the underlined word.

Fill in the Blanks

Word: pleasant

The first recorded music sometimes had a

sound.

Fill in the Blanks

Word: hurry

We had to

the baseball game because of the weather.

Fill in the Blanks

Word: outdoors

The heavy rains forced Tom to stay

.

Fill in the Blanks

Word: fail

When Edison's inventions didn't

, he tried again.

Fill in the Blanks

Word: drawbacks

Edison's lightbulb had

over those of earlier inventors.

​A suffix is a word part that comes at the end of a base word. The suffixes /-er/, /-or/, and /-ion/ can be added to base words to form new words.

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Examples:​

sail + or = sailor

photograph ​ + er = photographer

​ select + ion = selection

Complete the definition by writing the correct form of the base word.

Fill in the Blanks

Write the correct form of the base word.

Base word: inventor

Definition: a person who can

Fill in the Blanks

Write the correct form of the base word.

Base word: dreamer

Definition: someone who can

Fill in the Blanks

Write the correct form of the base word.

Base word: direction

Definition: something that can

Fill in the Blanks

Write the correct form of the base word.

Base word: invention

Definition: something that one can

Fill in the Blanks

Write the correct form of the base word.

Base word: actor

Definition: a person who can