Ada Lovelace: How One Life Changed the World

Questions

1. Sequence Which of these happened first?

   Lovelace published notes that included steps for the machine to calculate a series of numbers Lovelace began translating an article about Babbage's planned Analytical Engine Lovelace met the inventor Charles Babbage and saw his calculating machine Lovelace helped equip ambulances with X-ray machines to treat soldiers in World War I
2. Details In what year did this happen? "Lovelace published notes that included steps for the machine to calculate a series of numbers."

   1833 1853 1836 1843
3. Timeline math How many years passed between these two events? First: "Lovelace met the inventor Charles Babbage and saw his calculating machine." Later: "She began translating an article about Babbage's planned Analytical Engine."

   10 27 9 8
4. Timeline math About how old was Lovelace in 1833?

   18 23 30 33
5. Vocabulary In the passage, what does "algorithm" mean?

   a set of step-by-step instructions for solving a problem the force that pulls objects toward each other a pure substance made of only one kind of atom a legal document that says an invention belongs to the person who made it
6. Character traits Which word best describes Ada Lovelace?

   careless bored lazy imaginative
7. Evidence Which detail from the passage shows that Lovelace was imaginative?

   She kept protecting forests even when powerful people tried to stop her. She believed a calculating machine could one day work with music and pictures, not just numbers. She finished high school at 14 and college at 18. She looked for a faster way to cover burns so that patients would heal with fewer scars.
8. Main idea What is this passage mostly about?

   the life and work of Alexander Graham Bell the life and work of George Washington Carver how to become a teacher the life and work of Ada Lovelace
9. Text structure How does the author organize the middle of the passage?

   in time order, from earlier events to later ones as a problem and its solution from most important to least important event by comparing two people
10. Author's purpose Why does the author end with the final paragraph?

    to show that her work still matters today to list every prize the person won to explain how to do an experiment to tell a funny story

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