Vocabulary 1
A large gun on wheels that is used in war
Cannon
The middle part of something
Midst
I am ……………………………. (play) a game at a moment.
playing
What's the genre of the story?
Biography
What happened to the metal that Leonardo had collected to make the horse?
It was used to make a cannon to fight the French.
A yellowish brown metal
bronze
A feeling of being very sad
depressed
The school has closed for coronavirus
past participle
Give 3 examples of how Leonardo was different from other young men?
He dressed differently, he wrote differently (backwards,) he wouldn’t eat meat, and he freed caged birds.
What happened to Leonardo’s horse?
The French fired arrows into it and it sagged. Then it got smaller in the rain. In the end it was only a pile of mud stuck with arrows.
To reach a goal that you have set
achieve
A person who designs buildings and other structures
architect
Have you ever visited Florence?
past participle
What clue does the author give that shows Leonardo may become an artist when he grows up?
Leonardo stopping to examine everything and memorizing the landscape.
How do we know that making the bronze horse was very important to Leonardo?
He left Florence for Milan in the midst of painting a large religious picture.
To make something into to a shape or object
fashioned
A person that you compete against
rival
How long have you …………………………………. (live) in Taiwan?
For about 3 years.
lived
Who was Charles Dent? What did he start that was finished by a New York sculptor after he died? Where can you see it today?
An American fan of Leonardo. They built Leonardo’s horse (in 1999) which you can see in Milan.
List at least 4 Leonardo’s inventions
A bridge, an 8 gun cannon, a tank, a chariot, exploding cannonballs, a parachute and a catapult.....
A person who tries to understand and discover knowledge and reality
Philosopher
Complete the word with Present Participles, Past Tense and Past Participles.
observe
is/am/are observing
observed
have/has/had observed
We learn a lot about Leonardo. What character traits are shown?
Ambition, high expectations, and being hard on himself.
When was the Renaissance? How was it different from the age (time period) before it?
1450s. A time of rebirth after the Middle Ages. People became curious and explored new countries, discoveries were made, and new inventions were created.