1. Snowflake Bentley
By: Mrs. Breeding

2. Genre
Biography
-A story about the life of a real person written by someone else.

3. Skill
Summarize
-To summarize a biography, you should identify the main ideas and restate them in your own words.

4. Strategy
Evaluate
-When evaluating a text, a reader makes judgments about the author’s purpose and the type of information provided about the subject.

5. Preview and Predict
Always read the title, preview the illustrations, and note questions and predictions about the story.

6. blizzard (noun)
a heavy snowstorm

7. magnify (verb)
to make something bigger

8. evaporate (verb)
to change from a liquid or a solid into a gas

9. inspire (verb)
to stir the mind or feelings

10. negatives (noun)
images on film from which prints can be made

11. microscope (noun)
a device to look at things that are too small to see with your eyes

12. foolishness (adj)
showing a lack of good sense or judgment

13. technique (verb)
a way of bringing about a desired result

14. Selection Words masterpieces: objects created with great skill
intricate: having many complex parts
molecules: particles of matter made up of atoms
pneumonia: a disease of the lungs that can cause fever, chills, cough, and difficulty breathing
grandeur: the state of quality of being magnificent or great