Author/Illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds
Title: The Dot
Readability Score: Lexile: 500L, DRA: 24 Grade Level Equivalent: 2.1, Guided Reading: K
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Subgenre
Theme: Arts and Creativity, Pride and Self-Esteem, Discovery and Learning
Primary and Secondary Characters: Vashti and The Art Teacher
Awards/ Date of Publication: 2003
Publishing Company: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0-7636-1961-2
Summary: Vashti is a young girl who struggles to draw. Her art teacher ask her to make her mark. Vashti slams a marker on her paper, and her teacher asks her to sign it. The next time Vashti is at Art class she sees the teacher has hung her artwork in a frame above her desk. This inspires Vashti to make her mark in many different ways. At an art show a young boy approaches Vashti and praises her work. The young boy struggles with drawing just like Vashti first did, and it is Vashti who returns the favor her art teacher gave her.
Classroom Teaching Ideas:1. Art
2. Self expression
3. Problem and Solution
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