2. Picasso and the Girl with a
Ponytail
Page 142. Lesson #3

3. Reading p142
The next day, Picasso
started working on a
huge sculpture of
Sylvette.

4. Reading p142
It had a long neck and a
round handbag just like
hers, but the head was
so strange that Sylvette
didn‟t think it looked like
her head at all.

5. Reading p142
As she watched, she
suddenly had a
feeling that this would
be the last time
Picasso would use
her as his model.

6. Reading p142
Since the day on the
terrace, she had spent
little time away from him.
„Soon it will all fade
away, like the summer,‟
she thought to herself.

7. There are many kinds of “Model”
Which is the correct “Model” for us?

8. Reading p142
While Picasso worked,
Sylvette began telling
him the secrets that
she had locked away
and tried to forget.

9. Reading p142
She talked about the
time her father left her
family. Sylvette kept a
picture of him in her
suitcase,

10. Reading p142
but she had never told
anyone how sad and
lonely she had been
since that day.

11. Which picture best describes
“Lonely?”

12. Reading p142
Picasso looked up at
her and said, “It is
very hard when
people leave us.”
Then he smiled
saying,

13. Reading p142
“But try to remember,
when one door closes,
another door opens.”

14. Comprehension Question
What did Picasso mean when
he said, “when one door
closes, another door opens.”
Picasso meant: When
something ends, something
else begins.

19. Vocabulary
Huge: Something very big.
“Picasso started working on a
huge sculpture of Sylvette.”
(First sentence)

20. Giant Head

21. Giant Swimmer

22. Giant Woman

23. Giant Baby

24. Giant Boy

25. Vocabulary
Fade away: Disappear slowly.
“Soon it will all fade away,
like summer.”
(Sixth line First Paragraph)

26. A picture of summer fading away!

27. Vocabulary
Lock away: To hide something.
To keep something secret.
“Sylvette began telling him
secrets that she had locked
away and tried to forget.” (First
sentence, 2nd paragraph)

28. Which picture best describes
“a locked Secret?”

29. Vocabulary
Look up at.
“Picasso looked up at her
and said, …”
(4th sentence 5th line 2nd paragraph)

31. Review
Time!