The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine

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The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine

• 5th Grade

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Big Question

• How do inventors inspire our imaginations?

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Sequence

• Sequence is the order that events happenin a
  selection. When you read, think aboutwhat comes
  first, next, and last.
• Several events can occur at the same time.Words
  such as meanwhile and during giveclues that two
  events are happening at thesame time.
• You can remember sequence by makinga time line.

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Vocabulary
Applauds
Browsing
Fabulous
Inspecting
Project
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Applauds

• Shows approval by clapping hands, shouting, etc.

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Browsing

• Looking here and there

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Fabulous

• Wonderful exciting

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Inspecting

• Looking over carefully examining

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Project

• A special assignment planned and carried out by a
  student or group of students

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Explore

• Where do inventors get their ideas?
• What makes a good invention?
• What do you think inventors do if their
• first plan fails?

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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.

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Guide Questions

• What do we learn about the characters in the
  exposition?
• In this play, we do not hear from a narratoronly
  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?

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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 Lilys and Carlos goal for the Science
  Fair Project?

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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 twins 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

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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
  wont tell how the machine works just yet?

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Guide Questions

• Reread dialogue on page 340-341. Summarize how
  the different characters feel about the twins
  invention. Be sure to paraphrase only the most
  important points in your summary.
• Reread Lee Comers 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?

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Guide Questions

• On page 343, what cause the lights to flicker?
• If the twins 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 Domingos character? How
  does he resolve a conflict within the play?