1. Teacher Fortuna Lu
Kungshen English Book 3 Lesson 3
Became
Times—
Before He Became a Great Inventor, He Failed Many Times—Reading
Class：214 at Miaoli County Gungguan JHS No：____ Name：________
Blog: Leo and Fortuna 的英語教學
http://blog.roodo.com/jenwenwu
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/fortunalu
Part One Find the past tense verbs in the reading and write down the base forms and their past tense verbs,
like go-went.
eg. go-went
Part Two Find the answers to the pre-reading questions.
Q1. What did Thomas Edison do after he got an answer to his question from his mother?
Q2. Why did people turn off lights for seconds when Thomas Edison died?
Q3. What inventor(s) came into your mind? What did the inventor(s) invent?
Part Three What do you come up with when you see the picture? Please use at least two sentences to
describe it?
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2. Teacher Fortuna Lu
Kungshen English Book 3 Lesson 3
Became
Times—
Before He Became a Great Inventor, He Failed Many Times—Reading
Class：214 at Miaoli County Gungguan JHS No：____ Name：________
Blog: Leo and Fortuna 的英語教學
http://blog.roodo.com/jenwenwu
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/fortunalu
Part Four Create the comic strip with four grids to illustrate the story about Thomas Edison in the
reading. Each grid should contain at least one English sentence and one picture.
Rubrics for teacher’s assessment
Rubrics
Need improvement (1)
Fair (2)
Good (3)
Excellent (4)
Topic of the writing and
illustration is clear and
student stays on topic.
Topic of the writing
and illustration is
irrelevant and
illogical.
Topic of the writing
and illustration is a
little irrelevant and
illogical.
Topic of the writing
and illustration is
relevant and logical.
Topic of the writing and
illustration is relevant,
logical, and consistent.
Student has interesting
details.
No interesting details.
Some interesting
details.
Many interesting
details.
All the details are
interesting and
supportive.
Student “shows” reader
using descriptive detail.
The reader can picture
what is happening.
Student uses interesting
words and shows
personality.
Limited reader
understanding of
details and
illustration.
No interesting,
creative or relevant
description.
Suitable reader
understanding of
details and
illustration.
Some interesting,
creative or relevant
description.
Effective reader
understanding of
details and
illustration.
Much interesting,
creative or relevant
description.
Story is easy to follow
with good language
choices and usage.
Many misspelled
words and grammar
errors. Very hard to
read and follow.
Several misspelled
words and grammar
errors. Hard to read
and follow.
Few misspelled
words and grammar
errors. Easy to read
and follow.
Comments
Commendable reader
understanding of details
and illustration.
All description is
interesting, creative or
relevant.
No misspelled words
and grammar errors.
Easier and more
interesting to read and
follow.
Total
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