Fact or Opinion: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Fact
100
Is the story fiction or nonfiction?
Nonfiction
100
Which vocabulary word means, "stepped on very hard and damaged?"
Trampled
200
How do you know the passage in nonfiction?
Because it gives facts and details about a topic.
200
What did Josephine Cochran invent?
Dishwasher
200
Why did the author write the passage? Choose one.
1. to persuade readers which invention is best
2. to give advice about becoming an inventor
3. to tell a funny story about inventors
4. to describe one special invention
Number 2
200
What is the author's purpose?
To give information and facts about inventors
200
Which vocabulary word means, "someone who plays tricks on people?"
What is the most likely reason why the people laughed at the steamboat?
Because it looked strange and unusual.
300
What are some of the challenges that inventors face?
Accidents, injuries, people being afraid of the invention, people stealing the idea for the invention, etc.
300
Which would MOST help readers understand the ideas in this selection? Choose one.
1. visiting a museum of famous inventors
2. looking at a picture of a famous inventor
3. asking whether a friend has invented anything
4. reading a mystery about a make-believe invention
Number 1
300
Which vocabulary word means, "putting something together with great effort and hoping it will last a long time?"
Forge
400
Who invented frozen food?
Clarence Birdseye
400
Fact or Opinion: Everyone mocked Robert Fulton's steam boat, calling it "Fulton's Folly" and a "floating sawmill caught on fire."
Opinion
400
Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the ___.
Airplane
400
Look at the sentence on page 417 which says, "He probably needed them!" Is this a fact or opinion?
Opinion
400
Which vocabulary word means, "objects or people that keep you from moving ahead?"
Barriers
500
Fact or Opinion: So in 1831, Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper.
Fact
500
Why does the author compare an inventor to a bulldog?
Because you must be determined or stubborn like a bulldog to be an inventor.
500
How did Alfred Nobel's invention frighten people?
He invented dynamite which could kill people.
500
How are all the inventors in the selection alike?
They all provide something people need.
500
Which vocabulary word means, "to try to fix or adjust something?"