Inventors at Work

Inventor’s Secret
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1. Listen to story

2. Write a summary
- Must be 4-6 sentences

- A summary is ONLY the MOST

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

- Capital letters where needed

- Complete sentences
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-Complete questions
**YOU MAY
WRITE IN THE
BOOK**
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1. Reread The Inventor’s Secret (pgs. 18-32) with your partner.
2. What words and actions in the text show that the
author wants to entertain readers?
a. Underline words and phrases in the story that show that the
author’s purpose is to entertain.

3. Complete the Author’s Purpose worksheet with a

partner.

4. Read the Author’s Note at the end of the story.

a. What is the author’s purpose for including the author’s
note?
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GROUP 1
1. Work with the teacher.
2. Find examples of Author’s Purpose in The
Inventor’s Secret throughout the story.
3. Complete the Author’s Purpose
worksheet.
GROUP 2
1. Complete the Author’s Purpose worksheet
with a partner.
2. Read and complete page 34 to 36 in your
myBook.
3. Write a personal story about a time when
you faced something challenging.
4. Describe the challenge, how you
overcame it, and how it relates to The
Inventor’s Secret.
5. Use descriptive details and write a
conclusion!
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1. Reread The Inventor’s Secret (pgs. 18-32) independently.
2. Who is telling the story, Thomas and Henry or a
narrator? How do you know?
a. Explain your thinking with evidence.

3. Read the Author’s Note at the end of the story.

a. What is the point of view of the author’s note at the end of
the story? How do you know?

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1. Choose any paragraph in The Inventor’s Secret.
2. Rewrite that paragraph from first person point of
view.

Hint:

First Person features lots of “I”, “Me,” and “Mine!”

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1. Switch rewritten paragraphs with your partner.
2. Discuss with your partner each of your rewrites!
a. Do you agree with the changes your partner made? Why
or why not?
3. Discuss:
a. What have you learned about point of view?
b. How does it help readers better understand a text?

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1. With your partner, determine:
a. What is an important theme of The Inventor’s Secret?

2. What events in the selection support your theme?

a. Explain your thinking with evidence from the story.

3. What does the theme help you understand or learn

about inventors?

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1. Complete Vocabulary Paper Part of Test
Work Test
○ Hand into bin and take your computer

2. Complete Computer Part of Test – TAKE YOUR

TIME AND READ CAREFULLY!
○ When you are finished, shut down and put computer
in cart

○ Read quietly when finished

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