Transcript The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine 5 Grade

The Fabulous Perpetual
Motion Machine
5th Grade
Big Question
How do inventors inspire our
imaginations?
Sequence
• Sequence is the order that events happen
in a selection. When you read, think about
what comes first, next, and last.
• Several events can occur at the same time.
Words such as meanwhile and during give
clues that two events are happening at the
same time.
• You can remember sequence by making
a time line.
Vocabulary
Applauds
Browsing
Fabulous
Inspecting
Project
Applauds
• Shows approval by clapping hands,
shouting, etc.
Browsing
• Looking here and there
Fabulous
• Wonderful; exciting
Inspecting
• Looking over carefully; examining
Project
• A special assignment planned and carried
out by a student or group of students
Explore
• Where do inventors get their ideas?
• What makes a good invention?
• What do you think inventors do if their
first plan fails?
Drama
• Is a story written to be performed in front of an
audience. Like other forms of fiction, drama
includes such elements as characters, setting,
plot, and theme. In the text of a drama, the
dialogue, or the words the characters say, is
labeled with the same name of the character
who is speaking. Stage directions, which
• usually appear in italics, to indicate where
the characters are moving on the stage.
Guide Questions
• What do we learn about the characters in the
exposition?
• In this play, we do not hear from a narrator—only
the characters themselves. How would adding a
narrator change what you know about the
characters?
• Reread the stage directions on p. 332. How
does the author use the setting to foreshadow
what may happen later in the play?
Guide Questions
• How did the twins find their idea for the science
project?
• What strategies the twins use to build suspense
around their project?
• Reread the stage directions that appear in the
parenthesis on p.334. Why do you think the author
has the twins bow, cheer, and applaud so much?
• At the bottom of page 335, Joyce pulls the sheet off
the science project. How do you think that event will
help move the story forward?
• What are Lily’s and Carlos goal for the Science Fair
Project?
Guide Questions
• Lily and Carlos invited friends to see the
machine before testing it themselves. Do you
think that was a good plan? Why or why not?
• What do the twin’s friends say about the
machine on page 336? Compare and contrast
the way they felt about the project before it was
turned on with how they felt after?
• Think about what you know about how machines
work. Do you think the twins have actually built a
perpetual motion machine? Explain
Guide Questions
• Reread the stage directions at the top of page
338.What has happened since we last saw the
characters? How does knowing this help you
understand how the characters are feeling?
• At the bottom of page 338, Larry says his watch
is running slow. Why do you think the author
would include an ordinary experience like this in
the play?
• Based on what you know about how businesses
work in the real world, why do you think the
twins won’t tell how the machine works just yet?
Guide Questions
• Reread dialogue on page 340-341. Summarize
how the different characters feel about the twin’s
invention. Be sure to paraphrase only the most
important points in your summary.
• Reread Lee Comer’s lines on P. 341. What can
you infer about the way she would write her
article? Will article include facts and opinions
about the invention?
• The machine has been running for three hours.
Do you think that is long enough to know it will
run forever? Why or why not?
Guide Questions
• On page 343, what cause the lights to flicker?
• If the twin’s invention actually worked that way
they said it would, what effects do you think it
would have on people?
• If the play continued, what do you think Carlos
would say next? Why?
• Why do you think the author chose an indoor
setting for this play?
• What is the function of Domingo’s character?
How does he resolve a conflict within the play?