LESSON 12
An Eye for Color ( continued ) by Natasha Wing • illustrated by Julia Breckenreid
An Eye for
Josef Albers was an artist and designer. He spent his entire life studying color. He discovered that he could change the mood of a painting by combining colors in different ways. Albers’s discoveries changed the way people look at art.
The Story of Josef Albers
Natasha Wing Art by Julia Breckenreid
5/7/12 4:07 PM
KNOWLEDGE GOALS Campers will understand that • when colors interact with other colors they create different effects • artists have unique ways of interpreting what they see • art can be found in simple things READING GOALS Campers will • discuss the reading, supporting ideas with text details • play a game to match words with the same consonant -le syllable • build fluency with Readers’ Theater
LESSON MATERIALS & PREP Materials • Camper copies of An Eye for Color • Read-Aloud Text Set • LitCamper Notebooks • “Consonant -le Syllable Match” activity resources Prep • Follow instructions for “Consonant -le Syllable Match” activity resources • Distribute text sets as needed
• build and review vocabulary WRITING GOAL Campers will • write about color using figurative language FOCUS STRENGTH Curiosity
OPENING CAMPFIRE 15 MIN Welcome campers and greet them by name. Remind them about the focus strength and prepare the group for the day’s lesson. Campers, in the previous lesson, we read An Eye for Color, a biography of artist Josef Albers. Turn and discuss with a partner how curiosity inspired Albers’s creativity. Give campers a moment to discuss, then invite volunteers to share their ideas with the group. Most creative people look at and think about the world around them with interest and curiosity. They ask questions like Why and How. They experiment with seeing and thinking about things in new ways. Being curious often leads them to new and interesting discoveries. Let’s approach today’s lesson with curiosity and creativity! Wrap up with a song or the LitCamp cheer.
Leader’s Guide • Lesson 12 | 97
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