Michelle Markel: For Teachers

Here are some ways to use Dreamer From The Village in the classroom:

After showing examples of artwork and reading the book, have students

• discuss how DFTV helps them understand the artwork (what do they see in the picture that reminds them of what they learned from the biography?)



• write a letter to the artist, decorating it with imagery from his art



• write a paragraph about what is unrealistic or dreamlike in Chagall’s paintings



• using the Passover scene as an example, write a descriptive paragraph about
  a memorable event



• compare and contrast artwork from another artist that has a similar subject,
  make a Venn diagram, then write about it



• write a story telling who the characters are and what happens before, during, and after the action depicted in the painting



• pretend they are one of the characters in the painting and tell what they are experiencing

I love to hear from teachers on how they use the book.

For more information (or questions or comments or suggestions)
please e-mail me at MarkelWrites@earthlink.net


Image by Emily Lisker www.emilylisker.com © 2008, Michelle Markel. All rights reserved.