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DURING READING
Guiding Comprehension
5 Target Skill Text Structure
 • Inferential
How did the authors organize
the main ideas in the text for
this selection?
Sequential order.
Monitor Progress
then… use the skill and strategy instruction on
p. 295.
If… students have difficulty identifying the main ideas or text structure,
Target Skill Text Structure
6 Steps in a Process • Critical
Text to World Workers created the Statue of Liberty by creating and following a process of steps. Describe a statue, building, or other structure you have seen or read about that was built in a similar way.
Possible response: The process is like the one workers followed when they built the tall bank building in my community. First, workers built a steel frame. Then they put up a scaffold to work on the outside of the building.
7 Draw Conclusions
 • Inferential
Why was the completed Statue
of Liberty taken apart?
Possible response: It was too large and heavy to ship to the United States. It had to be shipped in smaller pieces.
Target Skill SKILLS
 STRATEGIES IN CONTEXT
Text Structure
TEACH
  • Explain to students that authors organize their writing in different ways. Many historical selections and biographies are written in the order the real events occurred.
  • Main idea statements can help identify the text structure.
  • Words, such as before, after, first, and finally, sometimes signal a sequential organization.
  • Read pp. 294–295. Model how to use the main ideas to determine the text structure.
Think Aloud MODEL The selection's main idea is the building and symbolism of the Statue of Liberty. The paragraph on p. 294 uses the words then and as. These words indicate a sequence of events. The next paragraph uses the word finally. The text structure is sequential.
Strategy Response Log
Monitor Comprehension Ask students to revisit their list of facts about the Statue of Liberty. Invite them to add facts they have learned to the list and record any facts or concepts from the selection that they do not understand. Encourage them to reread appropriate pages to clear up their understanding of the text.
Word Choice
Tell students that authors often use certain words to set a tone or create an image. The words skeleton and skin on p. 294 are interesting words to use to describe a statue. Ask students why the authors may have chosen these words. (Possible response: to remind us that the statue looks like a person) Explain that the authors use these words to create an image of the statue that we can picture in our heads.
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The Story of the Statue of Liberty

"The Story of the Statue of Liberty"
by Betsy and Giulio Maestro

Student Edition
Unit 6, pp. 288–299

Narrative nonfiction gives information about real people and events in the form of a story. What special event does this Selection Snapshot tell about?

New York Harbor has been home to the Statue of Liberty for more than 120 years. Millions of people have taken the ferry to the island where she stands. Many have climbed up to the top of the statue and looked out its windows.
In 1871, French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi came to the United States. He wanted to build a statue as a gift to the people of the United States. It would be from the people of France. The two countries had been friends for a long time. When he saw Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor, he knew that this would be the perfect place. Bartholdi returned home, where he made sketches and small models of the statue. It would be a woman, with a lamp in her hand to welcome people to America. She would be a symbol of freedom in the New World. Her name? Liberty Enlightening the World. The statue would be huge and strong enough for people to climb to the top inside.
On her head, Liberty wears a spiked crown. One arm holds the torch up high. It looks like the statue is lighting the way. The other arm holds a tablet with the date July 4, 1776, written on it. That's when Americans signed the Declaration of Independence, which freed them from British rule.
In 1876, Americans celebrated their country's 100th birthday. Bartholdi sent the arm holding the torch to Philadelphia for the celebration. At the same time, Liberty's head was displayed at the World's Fair in France. People paid to climb inside it. That helped to pay for the statue. All of Paris watched as the statue slowly was built. Her copper skin shone. Underneath was a framework of steel. By 1884, Liberty was finished. Many people in Paris went to see her, and a few climbed the 168 stairs to the top.
Afterwards the statue was taken apart, packed into crates, and put on a ship to cross the ocean. But Americans had lost interest in the statue. They did not have the money needed to finish the base for it. Then a newspaper in New York took up the cause. Americans from all over, even schoolchildren, sent donations. When the ship arrived, there was new excitement in the air.
Workmen finished the pedestal. Then they reassembled Liberty, section by section. In 1886, a year later, she stood gleaming on Bedloe's Island. At a huge celebration, Bartholdi unveiled Liberty's face. The crowd cheered when they saw it, and President Grover Cleveland and other people gave speeches.
Since that day, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope for immigrants.
She is an unforgettable sight that greets many people coming to America. Every year on the Fourth of July, fireworks surround the beautiful statue that stands for American freedom.

The Story of the Statue of Liberty by Betsy C. Maestro. Text copyright © 1986 by Betsy Maestro. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

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Activate Prior Knowledge Ask students if they have ever sent or received a fragile package in the mail. Invite them to share how it was packed and why such care was taken. Then relate this information to the dismantling of the Statue of Liberty before shipping.
PRACTICE LESSON VOCABULARY
Have students provide oral responses to each question.
  1. Where is the tablet on the Statue of Liberty? What is on the
    tablet? (In her left hand; the date of America’s signing of the
    Declaration of Independence)
  2. What is a symbol for love? (Possible response: a heart)
  3. Would you wear a crown on your head or your feet? (Your head)
BUILD CONCEPT VOCABULARY
Review previous concept words with students. Ask if students have come across any words today in their reading or elsewhere that they would like to add to the Concept Web.
Develop Vocabulary