READ ALOUD: An Eye for Color An Eye for Color 35 MIN Introduce Vocabulary
To support comprehension, teach new vocabulary words before reading the book. Encourage campers to use the words in their discussions during the lesson. WORDS TO KNOW brilliant: very bright or very smart capture: to take possession of something; to hold the interest of
mood: an emotional state of mind or a feeling
REVIEW WORDS emerge, interact, pure
Before Reading Have campers turn to partners and recap the previous lesson’s read-aloud. Invite volunteers to share with the group.
MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Point out that today’s words can have different meanings in different contexts. For example, on page 9 when Josef Albers said he wanted his students to “capture the accident,” he meant he wanted them to capture it in their minds.
Make sure they mention these key points: Josef Albers was an artist who was fascinated with color. Growing up in Germany, he watched his father paint doors and developed an interest in color and art. He became an art teacher and later moved to the United States. He was inspired by the colors he saw while visiting Mexico. He began to approach art and color as a science by painting squares in different colors. He focused on how the colors changed when combined in different ways. Josef Albers became famous for his square paintings and for changing the way the art world looked at color. Note An Eye for Color does not include page numbers. To help you navigate the text, count the first page of text, which begins, “Josef Albers saw art in the simplest of things,” as page 1. You may wish to write page numbers in pencil at the bottom of each page. Go Deep Let campers know that you’re going to discuss the book together. Reread the sections as indicated to provide context for the prompts. Make sure campers use evidence from the text in their answers. You may wish to have campers discuss their ideas with partners, then have volunteers share with the group. Open some questions to whole-group discussion. Encourage all campers to participate. Note that each discussion prompt is followed by possible responses. Page 4 Reread the page that begins, “As a poor student …” How did Josef Albers turn scraps from the dump into art? Possible response: He used the scraps to make beautiful collages that shined like jewels. Page 11 Reread the page that begins, “During one visit, he made …” How did Josef Albers’s art change after visiting Mexico? What inspired him? Possible response: He began to paint rectangles in different combinations of color. He was inspired by the colors and the adobe buildings.
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