Summarize

Using a Character Web list some of Piero's traits.  Then use the information in your web to summarize The Goldsmith's Apprentice.

Think and Compare

1. Skim The Goldsmith's Apprentice.  How does Piero change as he helps Benvenuto make a brooch?

2. The descriptions of sixteenth-century Florence show a place that is a glorious collage of colors and sounds.  Would you have liked to live in the time period of Piero?  Explain why or why not.

3. Piero risks getting in trouble to help his friend.  Why do you think people are willing to help their friends?

Be an Apprentice

Pretend that you had to choose a career at age 12, like the apprentices in this week's story.  What would you choose to learn?  Where would you be an apprentice at?  Tell why you make this choice.