Transcript Big Question: How do inventions happen? Author: Marfe Ferguson Delano Genre: Biography Story Sort Vocabulary Words: Arcade Games Study Stack Spelling City: Vocabulary Spelling City: Spelling Words.

Big Question: How do
inventions happen?
Author:
Marfe Ferguson
Delano
Genre:
Biography
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• electricity
• equality
• society
• specialty
• celebrity
• recognition
• description
• reduction
• tradition
• loyalty
• security
• clarity
• popularity
• certainty
• cruelty
• subscription
• reputation
• intention
• deception
• penalty
• pronunciation
• hospitality
• subtlety
• technicality
• demonstration
Vocabulary Words
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converts
devise
efficiency
generated
proclaimed
reproduce
transmitted
More Words to Know
dictation
 exclusive
 persistence
 contemplated
 invaluable
 model
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Question of the Day
How do inventions
happen?
 Build
Concepts
 Author’s Purpose
 Monitor and Fix-Up
 Build Background
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Punctuation Clues
 Grammar: Using Who and Whom
 Spelling: Word Endings: -ty, -ity, -tion
 Inventions
 Listen
as I read “Inventing the
Stethoscope.”
 As I read, notice how I use
punctuation as clues for when to
chunk groups of words together
and when to pause.
 Be ready to answer questions
after I finish.
What
is the author’s purpose
in writing this article?
Do you think the author met
his purpose? Why or why
not?
contemplated – thought about
for a long time
 invaluable – having great value
 model – a small copy
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Concept
Vocabulary
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Inventors
Inventions
Methods
Marketing
Author’s Purpose,
Monitor and Fix Up
Turn to Page 500 - 501.
Cause
Effect
This
week’s audio explores
the patent industry. After
we listen, we will discuss
what you learned.
Vocabulary
Words
 converts – changes
devise – invent
 efficiency – ability to produce
the effect wanted without waste
of time or energy
 generated – produced
 percentage – allowance figured
by percent
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 proclaimed – declared publicly
reproduce – to make a copy of
 transmitted – sent out signals by
means of electromagnetic waves
or by wire
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 dictation – words said or read
aloud to another person who
writes them down or to a
machine that records them
 exclusive – not divided or
shared with others; single; sole
 persistence – act of refusing to
stop, change, or give up
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Slide)
thomas edison needed electricety
in their lab
 Thomas Edison needed
electricity in his lab.
 thomas edison were the man
whom invented the electric pen
 Thomas Edison was the man who
invented the electric pen.
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 He
often gave assistants who
worked closely with him on an
invention a percentage of the
profits it made.
 The underlined pronoun who acts
as the subject of a dependent
clause (who worked closely with
him…) in this complex sentence.
 The
pronoun who is used as a
subject.
 Who
called my brother? (Who is
the subject of the sentence.)
 My
brother asked me who had
called him.(Who is the subject of
the clause who had called him.)
pronoun whom is used as the
object of a preposition, such as
to, for, and from, and as a direct
object. Most often, whom will be
a direct object in questions.
 The
 To
whom did you give the
assignment? (Whom is the object
of the preposition to.
 This was an assistant whom he
trusted. (Whom is the direct
object of the verb trusted in the
clause whom he trusted.)
 Whom
did you tell? (Whom is a
direct object.)
can check if whom should be
used as a direct object. Change
the word order so that the
subject comes first.(Whom did
 You
you tell? You did tell whom?)
 (Who,
Whom) was investing in
Edison Electric Light Company?

Who
 With
(who, whom) did Edison
work when he had an idea for an
invention?
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whom
 (Who,
Whom) gave us the most
valuable inventions?

Who
 The
committee decided on (who,
whom) they would award the
Nobel Prize.

whom
 With
(who, whom) did J.P. Morgan
invest money?

whom
 The
helper (who, whom) worked
the hardest became the top
assistant.

who
 To
____ was Edison speaking
when he recorded the nursery
rhyme?

whom
 ____
ran the show at the lab in
Menlo Park?

Who
 He
was the man _____took
Thomas Edison’s job at the
telegraph company after he left.

who
 The
boss is the one to ____ the
records were sent.

whom
• electricity
• equality
• society
• specialty
• celebrity
• recognition
• description
• reduction
• tradition
• loyalty
• security
• clarity
• popularity
• certainty
• cruelty
• subscription
• reputation
• intention
• deception
• penalty
• pronunciation
• hospitality
• subtlety
• technicality
• demonstration
Question of the Day
What do you think
motivated Edison to
work so hard?
 Word
Structure
 Author’s Purpose
 Monitor and Fix Up
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Echo Reading
 Grammar: Using Who and Whom
 Spelling: Word Endings: -ty, -ity, -tion
 Science: Scientific Inquiry
 Inventions
Vocabulary Strategy:
Prefixes
Turn to Page 502 - 503.
Inventing the Future:
a Photobiography of
Thomas Alva Edison
Turn to Page 504 - 513.
 Turn
to page 511.
 As I read, notice how I pause
and chunk together the words
set apart by commas or dashes.
 We will practice as a class doing
three echo readings of these
paragraphs.
edison was a celebraty whom
patented 75 inventions in two years
 Edison was a celebrity who patented
75 inventions in two years.
 as the “chief mucker,” edison
deserved reconitionfor his work
 As the “Chief Mucker,” Edison
deserved recognition for his work.

who as a subject.
 Use whom as the object of a
preposition, such as to, for, or
from.
 Use whom as a direct object in
formal writing. Most often, whom
 Use
will be a direct object in
questions.
 When
a clause makes the choice
of who and whom difficult, think
about the sentence without the
clause.
Edison is the man (who,
whom) many Americans believe
was the greatest inventor of the
century.
 Example:
Edison is the man (who,
whom) many Americans believe
was the greatest inventor of the
century.
 Correct: Edison is the man who
many Americans believe was the
greatest inventor of the century.
 Think:
• electricity
• equality
• society
• specialty
• celebrity
• recognition
• description
• reduction
• tradition
• loyalty
• security
• clarity
• popularity
• certainty
• cruelty
• subscription
• reputation
• intention
• deception
• penalty
• pronunciation
• hospitality
• subtlety
• technicality
• demonstration
Question of the Day
What factor do you think
was most responsible for
Edison’s success as an
inventor? Why?
 Author’s
Purpose
 Monitor and Fix Up
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Punctuation Clues
 Grammar: Using Who and Whom
 Spelling: Word Endings: -ty, -ity, -tion
 Science: Phonographs and Music
 Scientific Careers in Electricity
 Inventions
Inventing the Future:
a Photobiography of
Thomas Alva Edison
Turn to Page 514 - 522.
 Turn
to page 517, first paragraph.
 As I read, notice how I pause in
the last sentence between words
in a series that are set off by
commas.
 Now we will practice together as
a class by doing three echo
readings.
pope and edison was engineers with a
specialtey in electricity
 Pope and Edison were engineers with
a specialty in electricity.
 if youre interested in technology, get
a subscribton to a science magazine
 If you’re interested in technology,
get a subscription to a science
magazine.
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who as a subject.
 Use whom as the object of a
preposition, such as to, for, or
from.
 Use whom as a direct object in
formal writing. Most often, whom
 Use
will be a direct object in
questions.
 Test
Tip: If you are confused
about whether to use who or
whom in a question, make the
question into a statement and try
substituting he or him. If he
sounds correct, use who. If him
sounds correct, use whom.
 Example:
From (who, whom) did
you receive the news?
 (You received the news from he.
You received the news from him.
The second sentence sounds
correct.)
 From whom did you receive the
news?
• electricity
• equality
• society
• specialty
• celebrity
• recognition
• description
• reduction
• tradition
• loyalty
• security
• clarity
• popularity
• certainty
• cruelty
• subscription
• reputation
• intention
• deception
• penalty
• pronunciation
• hospitality
• subtlety
• technicality
• demonstration
Question of the Day
What qualities make a
person a successful
inventor?
 Biography
 Reading
Across Texts
 Content-Area
 Fluency:
Vocabulary
Partner Reading
 Grammar:
Using Who and Whom
 Spelling:
Word Endings: -ty, -ity,-tion
 Science:
History of Traffic Signals
“Garret Augustus
Morgan”
Turn to Page 524 - 527.
 Turn
to page 517, first paragraph.
 Read this paragraph three times
with a partner. Be sure to use
punctuation to guide your
phrasing and offer each other
feedback.
in many families, the tradishon
are to give children nicknames
 In many families, the tradition is
to give children nicknames.
 of all edisons employees,
batchelor was the more valuable
 Of all Edison’s employees,
Batchelor was the most valuable.

who as a subject.
 Use whom as the object of a
preposition, such as to, for, or
from.
 Use whom as a direct object in
formal writing. Most often, whom
 Use
will be a direct object in
questions.
• electricity
• equality
• society
• specialty
• celebrity
• recognition
• description
• reduction
• tradition
• loyalty
• security
• clarity
• popularity
• certainty
• cruelty
• subscription
• reputation
• intention
• deception
• penalty
• pronunciation
• hospitality
• subtlety
• technicality
• demonstration
Question of the Day
How do inventions
happen?
 Build
Concept Vocabulary
 Author’s Purpose
 Steps in a Process
 Word Structure
 Grammar: Using Who and Whom
 Spelling: Word Endings: -ty, -ity, -tion
 Advertisements
 Inventions
 Authors
often have more than
one reason for writing.
 After you finish reading a
selection, you should think about
whether the author met his or
her purpose in writing and why
the author was or was not
successful.
 Identifying
the steps in a process
involves recognizing and retelling the
order of steps taken to complete an
action. Setting up a science
experiment, solving a math problem,
playing a new game, and sending email are all actions that involve steps.
 Visualizing steps as you read them
may help you retell them in the
correct order.
 Prefixes
are syllables added to the
beginning of a base word that changes
its meaning.
 The prefix re- means again.
 Pro- means forth, forward.
 Trans- means across, beyond, through.
 Identify the prefix, the base word,
and the meaning of each word in the
chart.
Word
Prefix
Base Word
Meaning
 What
is the purpose of an
advertisement?
 A product shot, or photo, shows
what is being sold in an appealing
setting.
 A headline, written in large type,
“yells” the most important idea
about the product.
A
body copy provides information
about why someone should buy
the product.
 A signature, or product
trademark, identifies who makes
the product.
when edison was 22 he patented
a electric vote recorder
 When Edison was 22, he patented
an electric vote recorder.
 it was edisons intention to call
his children dot and dash
 It was Edison’s intention to call
his children Dot and Dash.

who as a subject.
 Use whom as the object of a
preposition, such as to, for, or
from.
 Use whom as a direct object in
formal writing. Most often, whom
 Use
will be a direct object in
questions.
• electricity
• equality
• society
• specialty
• celebrity
• recognition
• description
• reduction
• tradition
• loyalty
• security
• clarity
• popularity
• certainty
• cruelty
• subscription
• reputation
• intention
• deception
• penalty
• pronunciation
• hospitality
• subtlety
• technicality
• demonstration
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