Me and Uncle Romie

by Claire Hartfield

                       Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue

Big Question: How do an artist's experiences affect his or her art?
Proverbs 15:30 -Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart and good news gives health to the bones.

This week we'll explore the question "How does what an artist experiences affect his or her art?" IN the realistic fiction selection Me and Uncle Romie, students will read about a collage artist Romie Bearden. 

Spelling
aloud
bald
hawk
south
faucet
proud
claw
tower
stalk
couple
howl
false
dawn
allow
drown
pause
fault
cause
amount
cloudier

Vocabulary
glorious
studio
concerned
model
smeared
ruined yanked
streak
schedule
feast
Target Skill and Strategy
Understanding Characters
Visualize