Benchmark Unit 5 wk 2

What is the main idea of paragraphs 2-3?

• Edison was a great student, who always did well in math.

• Edison did not like learning at home, but his mother continued to home-school him.

• Edison did not succeed in school, so his mother home-schooled him until he began to teach himself.

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Read the sentence from paragraph 4.

"Telegraph messages were sent along electric wires as a series of clicks and blips."

What meaning of series is used in this sentence?

• a number written on the back of a book

• a set of related television programs

• a number of things of a similar kind

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Why did Edison work as a young teen?

• He wanted to earn money to help his family.

• He learned how to send telegraphs.

• Edison worked on his own projects.

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Which sentence from the passage shows how Edison worked as a teen?

• “He learned how to send telegraphs.”

• “He handed out fliers, or advertisements, that asked people to vote for Abraham Lincoln as the next American president.”

• “Telegraph messages were sent along electric wires as a series of clicks and blips.”

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What is the meaning of the word inspired as it is used in paragraph 8?

• urged or wanting to do something

• to listen to someone who is helpful

• to sweat when feeling hot

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In which part of the passage can you find this fact? Choose the correct heading for the fact.

Fact: Edison worked to improve Alexander Graham Bell’s invention, the telephone.

• A Curious Mind

• Great Inventions

• Young Inventor

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Why did the author write “Thomas Edison: It Sings!”?

• to tell a story about a boy who was deaf

• to persuade the reader to invent something new

• to give information about Thomas Edison’s inventions

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In which section can you find information about the mimeograph

• Young Inventor

• Edison’s Most Popular Inventions

• The Laboratory

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What information is included in the section Great Inventions, but NOT in A Curious Mind?

• Edison’s mother pulled him out of school to teach him at home.

• Edison invented the phonograph.

• Edison moved to New York.

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What is the main idea of paragraphs 8-9

• The Centennial Exhibition in 1876 inspired Edison and led him to improve Bell’s telephone.

• Edison found a way to produce a light bulb that used less electricity and burned longer than other light bulbs.

• One of Edison’s most important inventions was the phonograph, which changed the way people communicated.

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