Connect Reading and Writing
Critical Thinking
1. SUM IT UP Make a Character Description Chart about one character from “LAFFF.” Then use the chart to retell your character’s part of the story.
2. Draw Conclusions Why does Peter continue to act like the mad genius Dr. Lu Manchu after Halloween? How do others react?
3. Explain Why did Angela have to concentrate so hard to read the story she took from the future?
4. Make Judgments Think about what Angela did to win the contest. Are you convinced that it was fair? Why or why not?
Reading Fluency
Expression Read the passage on page 649 to a partner. Assess your fluency.
1. I read
a. great
b. OK
c. not very well
2. What I did best in my reading was ______.
Reading Strategy
Vocabulary Review
Oral Review Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.
I dreamed I saw an ad in a magazine. It asked questions such as: Are you a scientific ______? Can you invent a ______ to take you ______ and ______ in time? When I woke up, I ______ myself to try it! My time machine would go to a planet in 2090. My ______ was Mars. But no matter how hard I ______, I could not think of a way to travel into the ______. So I just went back to sleep!
Written Review Imagine you could go forward or backward in time. Write a postcard to a friend about your destination. Use five vocabulary words.
Write about the Guiding Question
Explore the Imagination
Think about this question: How could a time machine change the world or the future? Reread the selection to add to your own ideas.