Summary
Manny, who has recently crowned himself Game King, notices that Hector is about to win a video game that he himself has not yet conquered. To stop Hector, Manny frees Deek the Dino Dude, and traps him the real world. Manny repeatedly sabotages the Company's efforts to help Deek and eventually challenges them to one final game for his freedom. Guest Starring: Mike McGowan, Kyle Massey Villain: Manny Words: Persevere, strategy, perseverance, compete, gadget Like every Electric Company adventure, the story hangs on reading, decoding, and vocabulary under pressure.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Every Electric Company episode builds its story around wordballs — words the team reads, decodes, and uses under pressure. Watch for the vocabulary the episode leans on and how the characters puzzle words out.
- Which words did the Electric Company have to read or decode to solve the problem?
- How did a character figure out a word they didn't know at first?
- Where could you use one of this episode's words this week?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: decode, wordball, clue, solve.
Try it: Keep a wordball list while you watch — every word the show spotlights goes on the board, and each student picks one to use in a sentence afterward.