Just+Like+Me

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Michele Woods



* How would you describe the colors that Wood uses to paint herself?

* What kinds of designs and patterns do you see?

* What kinds of details did she include in her self-portrait?

* Why do you think Wood uses bright, cold colors to paint herself?

* Why do yo think she includes African designs?

What similarities do you see in the two paintings?
 * Look at the painting below. **How are they like the painting "Just Like Me"?

 <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">Write 5 questions about these pictures.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">**Michele Wood** is an artist whose work defies all boundaries. As a painter, illustrator, designer, and writer, she has gained wide recognition in the United States. She has been honored with the prestigious American Book Award for her first book, //Going Back Home,// and by the American Library Association with the 1999 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for her book, //I See the Rhythm//. Her work, which has been exhibited in major venues nationally, reflects an essential sense of history and place. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: left;">**What words above require you to use a strategy to figure out the meaning?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">[|More Michele Wood]

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