Unit 6 Week 3 Listening Comprehension

What was the first exhibit of light that Jai saw?

• A family was dipping cotton string into an iron pot filled with melted beeswax

• A man dressed in clothing made from skins packing a lump of dry cattail seeds mixed with whale oil into the end of a bamboo pole.

• Women gathering rushes from a marsh, dipping husks of dried plants into animal fat.

• Gas lamps lighting streets filled with horse-drawn carriages.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

How did families in Colonial times make candles?

• They would take dried husks of plants and dip them into animal fat. When they dried they would light them as candles.

• They would use molds to pour hot wax into and put a wick in.

• They would use cattail seeds mixed with whale oil into the end of a bamboo pole to light a torch.

• They would dip cotton string into an iron pot filled with melted beeswax, then hang it up to harden.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What text evidence shows that this passage is written in third person point of view?

• This was followed by a view of Thomas Edison working on the first light bulb.

• Then the assignment: Find out about the history of light.

• Jai knew there was much more to see, so he moved into the next room.

• The rush lights glowed warmly as the group worked on.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why was Jai excited about the assignment?

• He got to visit his favorite place--the science museum.

• He loved taking notes and writing reports.

• He got to learn about his favorite thing--the history of light.

• He was curious about how cattail seeds and whale oil could make a torch.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1