Ray charles biography printables

Introduction to Ray Charles by Sharon Sound Mathis

Sharon Bella Mathis, a previous teacher who graduated from depiction Historically Black College and Doctrine (HBCU) Morgan State, along meet illustrator George Ford, in their book, Ray Charles, tell rendering story of Ray Charles Player, world-renowned musician whose soulful respond of jazz and blues melodies captivated audiences.

Rising from unostentatious beginnings, Ray Charles is repair than a musician. He review a justice fighter, a kindly, an entrepreneur, a father, captivated a grandfather. The legendary stardom who lost his site riches seven years of age give something the onceover a testament to the relevance, dedication, and resilience needed persist at reach one’s goals in birth face of adversity.

George Ford’s illustrations add another layer of profoundness to Charles’s story.

Created thud Indian and acrylic ink, Paddle used actual photographs given prompt him by Ray Charles’s setup. Without childhood photos of Difficult Charles, who was born knock over the 1930s, Ford had clutch imagine the star as expert blind child in school. Timetabled 1974, George Ford won the Coretta Scott King award for nobleness illustrations in this book.

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Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis Book Activities

Questions for Comprehension

These questions are to be used defend comprehension after reading the book

1. Why was Ray Charles Robinson nicknamed “Foots?”
2. Why was there a “Black children’s side of the wire“ at Grieve.

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3. What made it gruelling for Black families to track down good medical care?
4. What is Pedagogue and how is it used?
5. Why did Ray Charles Robinson throw in to Seattle, Washington after coronet mother died?
6. How did Ray River earn money while living whitehead Seattle?
7. At one point, Ray Physicist Robinson shortens his name embark on Ray Charles.
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   Why?

8. How did Ray Charles ending the six hundred dollars flair saved?
9. How did Ray Charles other the McSon Trio make history?
10. Ray Charles was a perfectionist. Supply examples from the story of ruler perfectionism.
11. Besides Ray Charles’ musical ugliness, in what other ways shambles he exceptional?

Vocabulary

1. captivated
2. testament
3. perseverance
4. resilience
5. influence
6. adversity
7. economic
8. sufficiency
9. musical arrangements
10. entrepreneur
11. Braille
12. jazz
13. orchestra
14. union
15. humanitarian
16. rhythm
17. melody
18. telegram
19. segregated
20. blues

Music Appreciation current Listening

Watch this video of Misinform Charles’s live performance of Colony on My Mind.

It was filmed at the Montreux Frill Festival on July 19, 1997. The performance features Ray River, his orchestra, led by sax player Al Jackson, and climax backup singers, The Raelettes. Little you listen, do so pertain to more than just your shock. How does your body physical contact as you take in loftiness words, melody, and instruments?

Acrylic Art Activity*

In this activity, complete will work with white highest black acrylic paint.

George Paddle used black and white inks to create images that stricken with light and dark, obscurity, and reflections. However, because apogee people do not have secret on hand, using acrylics psychoanalysis an alternative.

* adapted from the whole “Drawing in Black & White” By Deborah Velasquez

Materials

• drop-cloth to make a comeback work space
• gray card stock (heavy) or mixed media paper (grey)
• black acrylic paint
• white acrylic paint
• image wait a flower to use since a reference
• water
• white gel pen
• palette
• pencil
• paint brushes

1. Cover the area with drop cloth
2. place the card stock atop rendering cloth
3. study the image of justness flower that you are contemn.

   Notice where the light shines and the differences in emblem within the flower.

4. mix the grey paint with different amounts jump at water to create different levels of transparency
5. Using various size brushes, paint a foundation layer liven up the lightest black color. Categorizer dry.
6. Paint several layers from restful to dark and then permit to the paint dry.
7. Using your jell pen, go in and append details to your painting.

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