DETECTIVES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 130
THE DETECTIVES - TEACHER’S GUIDE - Unit 3
Reading
Have the students read the text.
Ask:
Who is the text about? (Marc Chagall)
Where did he live before he went to Paris? (Russia)
Where did he study painting? (Paris)
What did he do during the day in Paris? (He visited museums and studied the world’s
greatest works of art.)
What did he do at night in Paris? (He painted and dreamed of Russia.)
What’s the name of the painting in the picture? ("I and the village".)
When was it painted? (1911)
Where did he get the ideas for his paintings? (his dreams)
What important clue can we find in the sign? (This painting is from the William Bates
collection.)
Write on the board "what we see in our imagination is just as important as what we see with
our eyes" and ask the students what they think this might mean. (accept all logical answers)
After reading
Ask:
What makes Chagall so important? (He teaches us that what we see in our imagination
as important as what we see with our eyes.)
2. Let’s Answer! (page 88)
Have the students answer in their notebooks.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer Key:
1. b
2. 23
3. a
4. d
3. Let’s Match! (page 88)
Have the students answer in their notebooks.
When they have finished, go over the answers with them.
Answer key:
1. d 4. e
2. c
5. a
3. b
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