LEONARDO’S HORSE Written by Jean Fritz Illustrated by Hudson Talbott
Question of the DayQuestion of the Day
If you were going to If you were going to If you were going to If you were going to If you were going to If you were going to If you were going to If you were going to make a giant sculpture, make a giant sculpture, make a giant sculpture, make a giant sculpture, make a giant sculpture, make a giant sculpture, make a giant sculpture, make a giant sculpture, what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What what would it be? What materials would you materials would you materials would you materials would you materials would you materials would you materials would you materials would you use?use?use?use?use?use?use?use?
Listening Comprehension
From the Notebooks of
Leonardo
Expository NonfictionExpository Nonfiction
-gives facts about a topic
-has detail sentences that support
the topic sentence
Comprehension Comprehension StrategyStrategy
Use Graphic OrganizersUse Graphic Organizers
Cause
Use Graphic OrganizersUse Graphic Organizers
Effect Effect Effect
Focus Skill (p. 200Focus Skill (p. 200--201)201)
Text Structure: Text Structure: SequenceSequence
One kind of text structure is One kind of text structure is
sequence, where authors tell a story sequence, where authors tell a story sequence, where authors tell a story sequence, where authors tell a story
in time order.in time order.
First
Event
Next
Event
Next
Event
Last
Event
VocabularyVocabulary (p. 202(p. 202--203)203)
•scholars
•specialized
•envisioned
•proportion•specialized
•gesture
•proportion
•resisted
resisted
� If a person or an object has resisted, that person or object refuses object refuses to change or accept.
� Synonym: oppose
Genre StudyGenre Study
Narrative NonfictionNarrative Nonfiction tells
about people, events, or places that are real.that are real.
�� As you read, look forAs you read, look for
◦◦ events told in time orderevents told in time order
◦◦ factual information that tells a factual information that tells a storystory