Unit Plan

Chasing Vermeer Teacher's Guide

  • Grades: 3–5, 6–8

About this book

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.6
Lexile Measure: 770L
Guided Reading Level: S
Age: Age 11, Age 12, Age 13
Genre: Mystery and Suspense
Subject: Cleverness, Cooperation and Teamwork, Visual Arts

Overview

Delving deep and uncovering connections is what the book Chasing Vermeer is all about. In this Flashlight Readers session, students develop problem solving skills while exploring fine art and learning about creative expression.

Objective

Students will:

  1. Study the writing process and make connections with a real author's experience
  2. Write their own mystery story, following the writing process
  3. Learn essential elements that characterize different painting styles
  4. Identify specific works of art painted by one of 13 masters
  5. Analyze and further research one painter and style of artwork
  6. Create a painting that follows the principles of the art style they've chosen
  7. Apply problem solving skills to solve pattern puzzles
  8. Use logic and decision making to create a puzzle challenge

Lesson Plans for this Unit

  • Part of Collection:
    Chasing Vermeer, Mystery Genre Study, Strategies for Arts Integration
  • Subjects:
    Literature, Reading Comprehension, Literature Appreciation, Writing Process, Logic and Problem Solving, Math through Literature, Arts and Creativity, Visual Arts, Communication and the Internet
  • Skills:
    Development of Reading Comprehension, Descriptive Writing
  • Duration:
    6 Class Periods
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