Guiding Comprehension

If you are teaching the selection in two days, discuss the main ideas so far and review the vocabulary.

Sequence • Inferential

What happened after the statue arrived in New York?

It was reassembled.

Vocabulary

• Word Structure

What is the meaning of the word unveiled on p. 297?

Removed the covering from.

then… use the vocabulary strategy instruction on
p. 297.

If… students are unable to determine the meaning of unveiled,

Word Structure

Whole Group Discuss the Question of the Day.

The Story of the Statue of Liberty. See pp. 284f–284g for the small group lesson plan.

Reading

Group Time
Differentiated Instruction

Use pp. 303e–303h and
303k–303m.

Whole Group Discuss the Reader Response questions on p. 300. Then use p. 303a.

Language Arts

Grouping Options

VOCABULARY STRATEGY

Word Structure

TEACH

Read p. 297 aloud. Model using word structure to determine the meaning of unveiled.

MODEL I see the word unveiled on p. 297. I know that to veil something means to cover it. I also know that the prefix un- makes a word mean "not _____" or "the opposite of ______." If the opposite of veiling something is unveiling it, then I think unveiled means to take the cover off of something.

PRACTICE AND ASSESS

Have students think of a word with a prefix that could be substituted in the third sentence on p. 296. (unfinished)

Word Choice

Tell students that authors often use special words and phrases to indicate steps in a process. The words by the time, then, and at last on pp. 296–297 are clue words that indicate a process. Explain that visualizing the steps will help students understand them as they read. Have students identify all of the steps in the process of making 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.



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	Access Content Help students understand the use and meaning of the words skeleton and skin in the last paragraph on p. 296. Metals Ask students why they think copper was used as the skin of the Statue of Liberty. Explain that copper resists the damaging effects of wind, sun, rain, and other elements. Copper is found underground and is mined in the United States, especially in Arizona, Montana, and Utah, and around the world. The largest deposits of copper are found in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Much of today's copper is recycled.

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

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