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The Duel: The Inventors Awaken by Simon Cooke School Journal Level 3, May 2016

Name:

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What strategies can I use to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words:

Using your word knowledge or context clues, reading on, and rereading.

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Pre-load

What does the following phrases mean?

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  1. “flatter than a pancake”-
  2. “more fizzbang than a fireworks display”-

What does duel mean?

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Share a funny part from the story . What makes it funny?

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Learn

Inferencing:

The narrator says, “You can’t give up, Grandpa. You’re the greatest inventor in the world.” What does this tell you about the narrator and how she feels about Grandpa Sid?

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Create a storyboard to show the development of the narrative.

Storyboard

Screenshot your storyboard when you are finished and insert it in this space.

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If you could invent something, what would it be?

You can insert a snapshot of your invention and add labels etc.