1. How Ben Franklin Stole The Lightning
Main Selection and Vocabulary

2. Strategy Generate Questions
-You should always ask yourself good questions as you read. This will help you check your understanding of the story and focus on important ideas.

3. Skill Problem and Solutions
-Sometimes the author of a biography writes about a problem that the subject has and takes actions to solve. By the end of the biography, the subject usually finds a solution to the problem.

4. Idioms
Group of words which have a collective meaning different from that of each individual word.
For example:
-babe in the woods
-hold your horses
-chunk of change
-piece of my mind

5. Grammar
Possessive noun- a noun that shows who or what owns or has something (Ben Franklin’s).
Singular possessive noun- singular noun that shows ownership (kite’s long string).
Plural possessive noun- a plural noun that shows ownership (people’s, experiments’).

6. independence
freedom from control

7. hilarious
very funny

8. dizzy
having a feeling of spinning and being about to fall

9. nowadays
at the present time

10. whirlwind
a current of air that moves forward with great force

11. handy
nearby

12. mischief
an action that causes trouble

13. convinced
Caused a person to believe or do something

14. Selection Words Eclipse- a shadow that moves across the sun or moon.
Odometer- a meter that tells how far a vehicle has traveled.
Scurvy- a disease that causes weakness, joint pain, and dental problems.
Scepter- a staff carried by a king or queen to represent power.
Tyrants- cruel or unfair rulers.