Young Thomas Edison

What is the story mostly about?

• a former teacher

• a young inventor

• a light bulb

• the first telegraph

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Select two words that mean the same as the word "gadget".

• Invention

• Tool

• Highway

• Window

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why did Edison's mother take him out of school?

• He hated school

• She wanted him to get a job

• He was sick with scarlet fever

• She wanted to teach him at home

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

In the stories Young Thomas Edison and Moving Pictures, what is the viewpoint for both passages.

Select two answers

• Both stories state that movies are the best invention

• Both stories have factual information about inventions

• Both stories share an invention discovered by Thomas Edison

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

What does occasional mean?

• happening from time to time, happens sometimes

• happens all the time

• a party

• happening every day of the week

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is a gadget?

• a car

• a type of animal

• a small, useful machine or device

• a letter in the mail

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why did Edison lose his job at the the railroad office?

• He was sleeping at work

• He set up a lab at the station

• He started a fire in the building

• He spent hours reading at work

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How do we know Edison loved learning and experimenting?

Select two answers

• He set up a laboratory in the backroom of the station

• He hated school

• He was told to do the experiments

• He soaked up all the information he needed to know about telegraphy

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Select the answer of the correct meaning of the word in the following sentence....

"One of Al's duties as an operator was to send the signal every hour on the hour".

• A gesture, action, or sound that is used to convey information or instructions

• Transmitting information or instructions by means of a gesture, action of sound

• An electric impulse or radio wave transmitted or received

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is a laboratory?

• A place where plants grow

• A place where scientists word and do experiments

• A place where people can eat salads

• A place where tables and chairs are sold

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4