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The Legacy of Da Vinci
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Grade 5
Fountas & Pinnell T
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
The Legacy of Da Vinci
Biography (nonfiction), 2,195 words, Level Y (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Elements of a Biography
Grammar and Mechanics Prepositions
Word Work Suffixes

Book Summary
The Legacy of da Vinci is an informational book about the life of Leonardo da Vinci. Although he might be best known for artistic works such as The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, da Vinci was also an avid inventor. His lifelong curiosity and observation of the world around him led him to develop ideas for such objects as clocks, cameras, helicopters, hydraulics, and hang gliders. These ideas, which resulted from his pursuit of knowledge, continue to fascinate people today. Photographs support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions while reading
  • Identify elements of a biography
  • Identify and use prepositional phrases within sentences
  • Understand how the suffixes -ful and -less change the meaning of words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: anatomical, apprentice, camera obscura, commissions, guild, hydraulic, Industrial Revolution, innovative, novelty, prototypes, Renaissance, replica
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