The Duel: The Inventors Awaken by Simon Cooke School Journal Level 3, May 2016 Year 5

Name:

Hint: there are clues in the illustrations that will help them define difficult words and concepts.

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

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

Instructions

1. Read slide 2 and 3 to help you.
2. Complete the steps on slides 5-6.
3. Read the story. Slide 7
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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?

Read the story...The duel: The inventors awaken.

Please make sure that you understand everything...if you get stuck and can’t figure the word out, use your device to find out the meaning.

Read without interruptions to get a complete sense of the story – and enjoy it!

Demonstrate Ako by taking responsibility for your learning and studying this story in depth.

Retell the story in your own words.

What makes the story a narrative?

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

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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?

Create a storyboard to show the development of the narrative.

Storyboard

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

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Make a list of all the similes and metaphors.

If you could invent something, what would it be?

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

What clues in the text tells us that grandad and Emma had good relationship?