TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Chasing Vermeea
By: Blue Balliett - 6-8th grade
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Blue Balliett. Chasing Vermeea. Scholastic Inc. (Illustrated by: Brett Helquist), 2004, Pages: 254, Awards: "New York Times Bestseller," "Book Sense Book of the Year," "Edgar Award Winner," "Booklist Top 10 Youth Mysteries," "Chicago Tribune Prize for Young Adult Fiction." Reading Level: 5th-6th, Lexile: 770L, Ages: 11-13, Genre: Mystery and SuspenseRating-
Petra and Calder come together and strange things happen. Unexpectedly, an elder woman comes into their lives and their Vermeer painting disappears. Petra and Calder find themselves in an art scandal and they want to find who stole the painting. The FBI is struggling to find the criminal. Can they find the criminal by themselves? I think this is a great book for mystery questions. Mystery questions are when it makes you think about what is to come next, like a prediction. These will guide students closer to the book.
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6-8 | Excellent book! Run out right now and buy it!!! This book has strong vocabulary for the proper age of the student. Has a lot of illustrations and students can make a connection within the book. This book has a beginning, middle, and end. And teachers can easily incorporate this book within their classroom. |
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3-5 | Good book. You want to read this one. This book has normal vocabulary that the student will already know at their age. Has a little bit of illustrations and students will make a connection within the book sometimes. This book has a beginning, middle, and end. And teachers can maybe incorporate this book within their classroom. |
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K-2 | This book is okay, you might like this one. This book doesn't have strong vocabulary for the student's proper age. Has no illustrations and students aren't able to make a strong connection within the book. This book is missing either a beginning, middle, or end. And teachers can't incorporate a strong lesson from the book. |
Such a fun book. I think the rating you use it fair but needs to be explained more. A interesting classroom use would be the vocab and maybe even art.
ReplyDeleteGreat job with this review Katie. After reading your review, I am interested in reading this book to find out what happens. I like how you told what awards this book has won. I the mystery questions approach to the classroom lesson.
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