Valley High School
Ms. Sweet-Shibles
Dr. Seuss
(1904-1991)
"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
Dr. Seuss Assignments:
Read and Annotate the Article:
What Dr. Seuss Was Really Up To:
Your childhood was way more political than you think.
Download Article and Annotate
Number the paragraphs
Chunk the text into paragraph that seem to go together with red line
Highlight in yellow important ideas or themes
Highlight in green Art Terms
Underline words that you don't know
Restate claims and ask questions in sticky notes throughout text
At the end, add sticky note to restate the big ideas
Save as yourname.SeussAnnotation and then email to me at sweetk@sad13.org with the subject heading as Seuss Reading Annotation
Paper Mache Taxidermy:
Watch The Art of Dr. Seuss Tour Video and answer the following questions in a word document.
1. Describe the three different types of Dr. Seuss' art in the museum: Secret Art, Illustration Art, and Unorthodox Taxidermy.
2. After looking at the A Plethora of Cats painting, why do you think Dr. Seuss titled the painting that name.
3. Why as the elephant in Elephant Presenting a Flower to a Bird not named Horton Presenting a Flower to a Bird?
4. Describe the method Dr. Seuss used to create the art of the Unorthodox Taxidermy.
5.What Honor did Life Magazine give Dr. Seuss?