The Dot
What was the main character's name?
Vashti.
What do you call someone who makes art?
An artist!
Show me what surprised looks like.
.
Name three things you need to make a painting.
Paint, brushes, paper.
What did Vashti and the boy have in common?
They both thought they couldn't draw.
David Wynne made a sculpture of this animal that stands in New York.
A grizzley bear.
Show me walking towards a door.
.
What can you make out of clay?
Sculptures.
What does Vashti's drawing start with, and what does the boy's drawing start with?
Grandma Prisbrey used what to make her art?
Glass bottles.
What does a teacher do?
Teach.
How is the end of the story like the beginning?
Just like Vashti did not think she could draw, but someone encouraged her, the boy did not think he could draw and someone encouraged him.
What does the teacher mean when she says that Vashti's paper looks like a "polar bear in a snowstorm"?
That there is nothing on her paper, it is blank.
Georges Seurat's paintings had many what?
Brushstrokes.
What does "above" mean?
On top of.
What kind of story was "The Dot"?
Realistic fiction.
What did Vashti say to the boy after he made his drawing?
"Sign it".
Where did Gerges Seurat go to school?
France.
What does "even" mean?
(Ex. "He knows even less than I do about drawing.")
To emphasize.
What kind of story was "Artists Create Art!"
A biography.