Ready Steady Read Together
42 Artists Everyone Should Know: Non-fiction Lesson 1
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
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What do you know and think?
Leonardo da Vinci was what is called a “universal genius” – a brilliant all-rounder…
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From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What was Leonardo da Vinci was interested in exploring or inventing?
B) Which of the sciences did Leonardo da Vinci think was the most important?
C) Why did Leonardo da Vinci write using mirror writing?
D) How can you tell that the Mona Lisa is important?
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Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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universal genius
influenced
unquenchable
merchant
delicate
complexion
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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universal genius
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Find Read Talk
Leonardo da Vinci was what is called a “universal genius” – a brilliant all-rounder: a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist all rolled into one.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
universal genius
Your turn
unquenchable
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
influenced
merchant
delicate
complexion
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Leonardo made detailed drawings of his discoveries and inventions. However, it was not only as a scientist but also as an artist that he searched for new ideas. For him, painting was the most important of all sciences.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Leonardo made detailed drawings
of his discoveries and inventions.
However, it was not only as a scientist
but also as an artist
that he searched for new ideas.
For him,
painting was the most important
of all sciences.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Leonardo made detailed drawings of his discoveries and inventions. However, it was not only as a scientist but also as an artist that he searched for new ideas. For him, painting was the most important of all sciences.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) What was Leonardo Da Vinci was interested in exploring and inventing?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Leonardo was an expert in all subjects. He invented weapons and machines for the Duke of Milan. He carried out detailed experiments to investigate the movement of water. He was interested in the idea of flying.
A) What was Leonardo Da Vinci was interested in exploring and inventing?
Reveal Explainer
This shows that Leonardo was interested in exploring and inventing new ideas because he created weapons and machines. The word “invented” suggests he was designing and making things that did not exist before, showing his curiosity and creativity.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) What was Leonardo da Vinci was interested in exploring or inventing?
B) Which of the sciences did Leonardo da Vinci think was the most important?
C) Why did Leonardo da Vinci write using mirror writing?
D) How can you tell that the Mona Lisa is important?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) What was Leonardo da Vinci was interested in exploring or inventing?
Text Mark Evidence he carried out detailed experiments to investigate the movement of water
the movement of water
Text Mark Evidence he was interested in the idea of flying
the idea of flying
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Which of the sciences did Leonardo da Vinci think was the most important?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence painting
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
because he was left-handed
C) Why did Leonardo da Vinci write using mirror writing?
because it was faster for him to write that way
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the Mona Lisa is probably the most famous painting in the world
it is described as very famous
D) How can you tell that the Mona Lisa is important?
Text Mark Evidence you can only admire it through bulletproof glass
it is protected and carefully displayed
Text Mark Evidence the picture belonged to the King of France, Francis I
it belonged to an important person (the King of France)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘delicate’?
Tick Me
Which of these describe Leonardo da Vinci?
Tick all that apply:
A) painter
B) scientist
Check
C) doctor
Click if correct
D) engineer
Which One's Right?
His thirst for knowledge was unquenchable.This means...
A) he was alwaysvery thirsty.
B) he didn’t likelearning new things.
D) he gained lots of knowledge then gave up.
C) he always wantedto learn more.
Match Me
Match each person with the correct fact about them:
3) Duke of Milan
4) Leonardo da Vinci
2) La Gioconda
1) King of France
C) was the Italian name for the Mona Lisa
B) had weapons and machines invented for him by Leonardo da Vinci
A) was called a ‘universal genius’
D) owned the Mona Lisa painting
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced and adapted for accessibility from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
42 Artists Everyone Should Know: Non-fiction Lesson 1
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
Leonardo da Vinci was what is called a “universal genius” – a brilliant all-rounder…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What was Leonardo da Vinci was interested in exploring or inventing?
B) Which of the sciences did Leonardo da Vinci think was the most important?
C) Why did Leonardo da Vinci write using mirror writing?
D) How can you tell that the Mona Lisa is important?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
universal genius
influenced
unquenchable
merchant
delicate
complexion
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
universal genius
Explore
Find Read Talk
Leonardo da Vinci was what is called a “universal genius” – a brilliant all-rounder: a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist all rolled into one.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
universal genius
Your turn
unquenchable
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
influenced
merchant
delicate
complexion
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Leonardo made detailed drawings of his discoveries and inventions. However, it was not only as a scientist but also as an artist that he searched for new ideas. For him, painting was the most important of all sciences.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Leonardo made detailed drawings
of his discoveries and inventions.
However, it was not only as a scientist
but also as an artist
that he searched for new ideas.
For him,
painting was the most important
of all sciences.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Leonardo made detailed drawings of his discoveries and inventions. However, it was not only as a scientist but also as an artist that he searched for new ideas. For him, painting was the most important of all sciences.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) What was Leonardo Da Vinci was interested in exploring and inventing?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Leonardo was an expert in all subjects. He invented weapons and machines for the Duke of Milan. He carried out detailed experiments to investigate the movement of water. He was interested in the idea of flying.
A) What was Leonardo Da Vinci was interested in exploring and inventing?
Reveal Explainer
This shows that Leonardo was interested in exploring and inventing new ideas because he created weapons and machines. The word “invented” suggests he was designing and making things that did not exist before, showing his curiosity and creativity.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) What was Leonardo da Vinci was interested in exploring or inventing?
B) Which of the sciences did Leonardo da Vinci think was the most important?
C) Why did Leonardo da Vinci write using mirror writing?
D) How can you tell that the Mona Lisa is important?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) What was Leonardo da Vinci was interested in exploring or inventing?
Text Mark Evidence he carried out detailed experiments to investigate the movement of water
the movement of water
Text Mark Evidence he was interested in the idea of flying
the idea of flying
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Which of the sciences did Leonardo da Vinci think was the most important?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence painting
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
because he was left-handed
C) Why did Leonardo da Vinci write using mirror writing?
because it was faster for him to write that way
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the Mona Lisa is probably the most famous painting in the world
it is described as very famous
D) How can you tell that the Mona Lisa is important?
Text Mark Evidence you can only admire it through bulletproof glass
it is protected and carefully displayed
Text Mark Evidence the picture belonged to the King of France, Francis I
it belonged to an important person (the King of France)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘delicate’?
Tick Me
Which of these describe Leonardo da Vinci?
Tick all that apply:
A) painter
B) scientist
Check
C) doctor
Click if correct
D) engineer
Which One's Right?
His thirst for knowledge was unquenchable.This means...
A) he was alwaysvery thirsty.
B) he didn’t likelearning new things.
D) he gained lots of knowledge then gave up.
C) he always wantedto learn more.
Match Me
Match each person with the correct fact about them:
3) Duke of Milan
4) Leonardo da Vinci
2) La Gioconda
1) King of France
C) was the Italian name for the Mona Lisa
B) had weapons and machines invented for him by Leonardo da Vinci
A) was called a ‘universal genius’
D) owned the Mona Lisa painting
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
discover new authors.
Reveal
Try books from writers you've never heard of to expand your horizons.
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced and adapted for accessibility from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Schools must purchase the original text for full content.