Book Summary
Bright yellow stars twirling in a navy blue sky. A sunny green meadow during a summer afternoon. Golden sunflowers arranged in a bouquet. These are just some examples of the more than 2,000 works that artist Vincent Van Gogh created during his lifetime based on his surroundings. Vincent's Bedroom is an introduction to the life and work of Van Gogh. Readers will learn about how incent's personality and lifestyle influenced his style of painting. Vivid color photographs of Van Gogh's most famous works, particularly The Bedroom Series, are included throughout the book.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Analyze author's purpose in the text
• Identify and understand the use of adjectives
• Understand the use of the -ed suffix

Materials

• Book -- Vincent's Bedroom (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Visualize, adjectives, suffix -ed worksheets
• Discussion cards

     Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: churned, content, despair, encouraged, glistened, haven, moods, museum, sketches, studio, style, versions