HW:
Edison questions 2, 3, and 4.
HINT: Before you start this HW, please take some quiet time to slowly re-read the text (page 35).
For #2 and #3, you must use QAR. That means you MUST underline proof in the text. Please use color to underline (or highlight).
#4 is a CER question.
Here is some help #4:
(Do NOT copy my exact words!)
CLAIM: A factory is a place where ______________, and Edison’s laboratory became known as an “invention factory”.
EVIDENCE 1: (from paragraphs 1 and 2)
- “received patent for electric vote recorder”
- “improvements to the telegraph”
- “manufacture stock printer”
REASONING: Before he moved to New Jersey, Edison was already like a factory because _________________ .
EVIDENCE 2: (from paragraph 3)
- “they worked on several different inventions at any given time there”
REASONING: In New Jersey, Edison’s lab was even more like a factory because _____________________.
DON’T FORGET TO RESTATE YOUR CLAIM AT THE END OF YOUR PARAGRAPH!