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The Mona Lisa Mystery Level P
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 932

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WORKSHEETS FOR
THE MONA LISA MYSTERY
Worksheets

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
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Comprehension Quiz
Level P Answer Sheet

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Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL P
Grade 2
Fountas
& Pinnell
N
Reading
Recovery
21
DRA 30
Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Build Skills
5) Build Fluency
6) Extend the Reading
7) Assessment

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Book Summary
From 1503 to 1506, Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci created a painting that would become one of the most famous paintings in the world. The Mona Lisa had been hanging in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France for over 200 years--but in 1911 the famous painting seemed to mysteriously vanish. Who could have stolen the painting, and what was the motive behind this mysterious crime? Photographs and illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
  • Make inferences
  • Recognize and understand the formation of past-tense verbs in the text
  • Arrange words in alphabetical order

Materials

  • Book -- The Mona Lisa Mystery (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Dictionaries
  • KWLS, make inferences, past-tense verbs, alphabetical order worksheets
  • Discussion cards

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

  • Content words: antiques, border crossings, forgery, masterpiece, motive, posed, theory, vanished, varnish