Embedded Files
The year is 1452. The Duke of Milan wants a statue of a horse to give to his father. The great artist, Leonardo da Vinci, believes he alone can make it. He begins work on it at the age of 30, but is never able to complete it.
Genre: Biography
Spelling Words: waterproof, teaspoon, grasshopper, homesick, barefoot, courthouse, earthquake, rowboat, scrapbook, countryside, lightweight, fishhook, spotlight, blindfold, whirlpool, tablespoon, greenhouse, postcard, hummingbird, thumbtack.
Vocabulary Word - Meaning
achieved - carried out to a successful end
architect - person who designs and makes plans for buildings
bronze - a dark yellow-brown alloy of copper and tin
cannon - a big gun, especially one mounted on a base or wheels
depressed - gloomy; sad
fashioned - made, shaped, or formed
midst - in the middle of
philosopher - a person who attempts to discover and understand the basic nature of knowledge and reality
rival - a person who wants and tries to get the same things as another or one who tries to equal or do better than another; competitor.
Report abuse