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3. In your notebook, choose the correct option about the text.
a. It is a biography of Leonardo da Vinci, that is, a text with 
information about the artist’s life. X
b. It is part of Leonardo da Vinci’s diary, that is, a text written by 
the artist containing his thoughts and refl ections.
4. Scan the text to fi nd the following information about Leonardo da 
Vinci. Write the answers in your notebook.
a. Place where he was born.
b. Name of two of his famous paintings.
c. Skills he learned when he was a teenager.
d. Areas of science he studied.
e. His age when he died.
5. In your notebook, choose the appropriate alternative to answer 
the questions.
 I. What cultural and artistic movement did Da Vinci belong to?
a. Baroque b. Modernism c. Renaissance
 II. Which of the fi ve human senses did he consider the most 
important?
a. sight X b. touch c. hearing
3. No Manual do Professor, você 
encontra informações sobre a 
condução desta atividade.
Anchiano, Tuscany, Italy
The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
Metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting and sculpting.
Anatomy, botany, geology, zoology, hydraulics, 
aeronautics and physics.
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Os cinco sentidos humanos, em inglês, são: sight (visão), smell (olfato), 
hearing (audição), taste (paladar) e touch (tato).
[...] Like many leaders of Renaissance humanism, Da Vinci did not see a divide 
between science and art. He viewed the two as intertwined disciplines rather than 
separate ones. He believed studying science made him a better artist. [...]
Da Vinci’s Study of Anatomy and Science
Da Vinci thought sight was humankind’s most important sense and eyes the most 
important organ, and he stressed the importance of saper vedere, or “knowing 
how to see”. He believed in the accumulation of direct knowledge and facts through 
observation.
[...] Da Vinci began to study anatomy seriously and dissect human and animal bodies 
during the 1480s. [...] In addition to his anatomical investigations, Da Vinci studied 
botany, geology, zoology, hydraulics, aeronautics and physics. [...]
How Did Leonardo da Vinci Die?
[...] Da Vinci died of a stroke on May 2, 1519, at the age of 67. [...]
LEONARDO da Vinci Biography. The Biography.com. Available at: 
https://www.biography.com/artist/leonardo-da-vinci. Accessed on: Apr. 14, 2020.
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a. Complete the statements with the appropriate words.
• The forms of the verb to be in the Simple Past are 
and . We use when the subject is I, he, 
she, it. We use when the subject is we, you, they.
was; were; was; were
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6. The words below are from the text. In your notebook, match them 
to their meanings in Portuguese.
a. apprenticeship (l. 15)
b. sketches (l. 20)
c. resemble (l. 20)
d. intertwine (l. 22)
 I. parecer-se com, assemelhar-se a
 II. aprendizado; estágio
 III. esboços, rascunhos
 IV. interligar
7. In your notebook, check if the statements are true (T) or false (F). 
Find an excerpt from the text to justify your answers.
a. Da Vinci went to university to study engineering. F
b. He learned many skills from the artist Andrea del Verrocchio in 
Florence. T
c. He invented the helicopter. F
d. He believed that science and art were connected. T
e. He believed that, by observation, people were capable of 
accumulating knowledge and facts. T
After You Read
8. Discuss in small groups.
a. Why do you think Leonardo da Vinci is considered a “man 
ahead of his time”?
b. According to his biography, Da Vinci had a curious mind. Do 
you think you have a curious mind? Are you curious about 
learning how things work? Which ones, for example?
Language Study
Simple Past – Verb to be
1. Read the sentences below from the text on pages 138 and 139. 
Then use your notebook to complete the rules about the Simple 
Past of the verb to be.
Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance artist and engineer [...].
[...] his artistic talents were evident from an early age.
6. Lembre aos estudantes de 
usar a estratégia de inferência 
do signifi cado de palavras des-
conhecidas por meio do contex-
to. Peça a eles que voltem ao 
texto e releiam os trechos onde 
estão localizadas as palavras, 
para tentar inferir seus signifi -
cados.
a. II; b. III; c. I; d. IV
7. a. “Young Da Vinci received 
little formal education beyond 
basic reading, writing and 
mathematics instruction [...].”
“Around the age of 14, Da Vinci began a lengthy apprenticeship with the 
noted artist Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence.”
“[...] Da Vinci appeared to prophesy the future 
with his sketches of devices that resemble a modern-day bicycle and a type of helicopter.”
“He believed studying science made him a better artist.”
“He believed in the accumulation of 
direct knowledge and facts through 
observation.”
8. Se achar oportuno, mostre 
aos estudantes o vídeo “Top 7 
Leonardo da Vinci Inventions”, 
disponível em: https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=PwO
lIGGDVjE. Acesso em: 21 abr. 
2020. Nele, são apresentadas 
sete das principais invenções de 
Da Vinci, e a exibição do vídeo 
pode auxiliar a troca de ideias 
sobre a primeira pergunta. Para 
ampliar a discussão, você pode 
perguntar se acham que as in-
venções de Da Vinci contribuí-
ram para a ciência e a tecno-
logia que usamos hoje (e, em 
caso afi rmativo, de que forma). 
Ao fi nal da atividade, escolha 
alguns estudantes para relatar 
brevemente o que discutiram 
com os colegas.
Respostas pessoais
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1. Escreva no quadro algumas 
das orações sobre Leonardo 
da Vinci e diga aos estudantes 
que elas foram retiradas de sua 
biografi a em Reading. Pergunte-
-lhes se as orações se referem 
ao passado, presente ou futuro 
(resposta: passado). Em segui-
da, peça que identifi quem as 
formas verbais em cada oração. 
Pergunte aos estudantes qual é 
a forma dos verbos no infi nitivo. 
Anote o infi nitivo dos verbos no 
quadro para referência visual. 
Em seguida, peça que realizem 
as atividades do Language Study.
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