Summary
Hector is chosen to make a presentation about stamina to Jessica's health class. Francine, upset over the fact that she wasn't chosen to give the report, notices that Hector's powers fade when he is fatigued. She teams up with Annie and Manny in an effort to keep Hector from resting, thereby turning off his power and ruining the report. Villains: Francine, Manny, Annie Words: Stamina, fatigue, exhausted, nourishment, nutritious 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.