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Elementary ELA Grade 5: Unit 4: the Process of Discovery and the Development of Inventions Distance Learning Packet Week 7 Elementary ELA Grade 5: Unit 4: The Process of Discovery and the Development of Inventions Distance Learning Packet Week 7 District of Columbia Public Schools Page 1 of 24 Grade 5 Distance Learning Week 7 The Process of Discovery and the Development of Inventions In this unit, you will gain an understanding of the discovery process by reading about inventions and inventors. You will learn about the contributions of creative thinkers, inventors, and scientists and the impact they had on society. Throughout the unit, you will Unit Overview read texts closely, quote key evidence from the inventors’ lives that led to their discoveries, write evidence-based informational paragraphs that draw details from multiple sources, and compare and contrast the process of discovery from different inventors. Lines of Inquiry You will study these questions: • What is the difference between an invention and innovation? • How has an invention been developed out of a problem or a need and eventually positively impacted society? • What are some similarities and differences between the process of discovery for different inventors and how have their unique qualities and traits led to successful inventions? Understandings By the end of this unit, you will understand: • Not all inventors follow the same process of discovery. • Some inventions are accidental and other inventions have been developed on purpose. • Successful inventions impact others and society. • Reading multiple texts about the development of one invention helps to better explain the process of discovery of something else. Writing Focus Throughout your distance learning experience, you will have many opportunities to develop your writing skills, which are practiced through your evidence-based responses to text-dependent questions, and response to text exit ticket writing. As you work through your writing tasks, you will be able to use student-friendly checklists to support you in reviewing, editing and revising your work. Culminating Task Choose two different inventors studied in the unit. Use at least two texts to write an essay comparing and contrasting how their inventions impacted society. Support your answer using details and quotes from the text. Focus Standards Reading Writing Language RI.5.1 W.5.1 L.5.2 RI.5.2 L.5.3 RI.5.3 L.5.4 RI.5.4 RI.5.9 District of Columbia Public Schools Page 2 of 24 Grade 5 Distance Learning Week 7 The Process of Discovery and the Development of Inventions Week 7 Overview Text(s) “Lewis H. Latimer”, Lemelson MIT “Did You Know: Lewis Latimer” Video “Lewis Howard Latimer”, Biography.com (Week 6 text) Text-Focusing Should Latimer have the same amount of fame for inventing the light bulb as Edison? Why Question or why not? Content filament, patent, laurel, carbon, prototypical VocaBulary Daily Sequence Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four • Content • First Read • Second Read • Mini Lesson Vocabulary • Read and • Reread for • Writing in Respond to Text Comprehension Response to Text • Reread to Gather Information Day 1: Introduction to the Unit and Content Vocabulary Objective Today you will continue to explore your topic on the process of discovery and inventions and learn vocabulary words that you will see as you read and write about the process of discovery and inventions. Directions There are five key vocabulary words that you’ll be using to help you with understand the process of for discovery and inventors in history. Activity 1 £ Read each word aloud and indicate how familiar you are with each word. If you know what the word means, jot it in the open space. £ If you are not familiar with a word, use the vocabulary charts below to find the meaning of the word. Then complete the frayer model found below the vocabulary charts. District of Columbia Public Schools Page 3 of 24 Grade 5 Distance Learning Week 7 The Process of Discovery and the Development of Inventions Activity 1 Vocabulary How familiar are you with this word? If you know what the word means, jot the Word meaning here q I know this word and I use it ____________________________________ filament regularly. q I’ve heard this word, but I don’t ____________________________________ remember what it means. ____________________________________ q I’ve never heard this word. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ q I know this word and I use it ____________________________________ patent regularly. q I’ve heard this word, but I don’t ____________________________________ remember what it means. ____________________________________ q I’ve never heard this word. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ q I know this word and I use it ____________________________________ laurels regularly. q I’ve heard this word, but I don’t ____________________________________ remember what it means. ____________________________________ q I’ve never heard this word. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ q I know this word and I use it ____________________________________ carbon regularly. q I’ve heard this word, but I don’t ____________________________________ remember what it means. ____________________________________ q I’ve never heard this word. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ District of Columbia Public Schools Page 4 of 24 Grade 5 Distance Learning Week 7 The Process of Discovery and the Development of Inventions q I know this word and I use it ____________________________________ prototypical regularly. q I’ve heard this word, but I don’t ____________________________________ remember what it means. ____________________________________ q I’ve never heard this word. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Vocabulary Chart Word Picture Simple Definition Example from the Text A single thread or a Latimer created a light filament thin flexible threadlike bulb with a filament object made of the much more durable carbon. The right to stop other Latimer went on to patent people from making patent a process for or using their efficiently invention manufacturing the carbon filament... The honor or fame He sold the patent for laurels someone gets for their the "Incandescent acheivement Electric Light Bulb with Carbon Filament" to the United States Electric Company in 1881, but he did not rest on his laurels. District of Columbia Public Schools Page 5 of 24 Grade 5 Distance Learning Week 7 The Process of Discovery and the Development of Inventions A gas that traps heat Latimer went on to carbon from the sun and patent a process for stops it from escaping efficiently into space manufacturing the carbon filament (1882) and developed the now familiar threaded socket (though his was wooden) for his improved bulb. Having the same Edison's prototypical prototypical qualities as others in light bulb was lit by a its group glowing, electrified filament made of paper, which unfortunately burnt out rather quickly. Frayer Vocabulary Charts Definition Facts/Characteristics Examples filament Non-Examples District of Columbia Public Schools Page 6 of 24 Grade 5 Distance Learning Week 7 The Process of Discovery and the Development of Inventions Definition Facts/Characteristics Examples patent Non-Examples Definition Facts/Characteristics Examples laurels Non-Examples District of Columbia Public Schools Page 7 of 24 Grade 5 Distance Learning Week 7 The Process of Discovery and the Development of Inventions Definition Facts/Characteristics Examples carbon Non-Examples Definition Facts/Characteristics Examples prototypical Non-Examples District of Columbia Public Schools Page 8 of 24 Page Intentionally Left Blank District of Columbia Public Schools Page 9 of 24 Grade 5 Distance Learning Week 7 The Process of Discovery and Development of Inventions Day 2: First Read: Read and Respond to Text Objective Today you will watch a short video about Lewis Latimer, then read the “Lewis H. Latimer” article to answer questions about the text. Directions £ Watch Did You Know: Lewis Latimer short video £ Read “Lewis H. Latimer”. £ Answer the questions below using complete sentences and appropriate grammar and punctuation. £ Be sure to cite evidence from the text to support your answers. Text(s) & Note: You can find a mini lesson supporting today’s learning on the DCPS YouTube channel. Activity Lewis H. Latimer The carbon-filament light bulb Lewis H. Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1848. Along with Granville T. Woods, Latimer was one of the first major African American inventors. He first worked as an assistant to Alexander Graham Bell. Some have claimed that Latimer, not Bell, actually invented the telephone. However, this is unlikely because Latimer often defended Bell's claims to first inventions in court. Later, Latimer became a member of Thomas Edison's elite research team, "Edison's Pioneers." Latimer made his most important scientific contributions here by improving the light bulb that was invented by Edison. Edison's prototypical light bulb was lit by a glowing, electrified filament made of paper, which unfortunately burnt out rather quickly. Latimer created a light bulb with a filament made of the much more durable carbon. He sold the patent for the "Incandescent Electric Light Bulb with Carbon Filament" to the United States Electric Company in 1881, but he did not rest
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