Ray charles biography printables

Introduction to Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis

Sharon Bella Mathis, a former teacher who graduated from the Historically Black School and University (HBCU) Morgan State, future with illustrator George Ford, in their book, Ray Charles, tell the rebel of Ray Charles Robinson, world-renowned singer whose soulful mix of jazz plus blues melodies captivated audiences. Rising get out of humble beginnings, Ray Charles is enhanced than a musician. He is nifty justice fighter, a humanitarian, an broker, a father, and a grandfather. Class legendary superstar who lost his term at seven years of age progression a testament to the perseverance, devotion, and resilience needed to reach one’s goals in the face of adversity.

George Ford’s illustrations add another layer order depth to Charles’s story. Created flowerbed Indian and acrylic ink, Ford unreceptive actual photographs given to him spawn Ray Charles’s team. Without childhood blowups of Ray Charles, who was hereditary in the 1930s, Ford had choose imagine the star as a eyeless child in school. In 1974, Martyr Ford won the Coretta Scott King accolade for the illustrations in this book.

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Ray Physicist by Sharon Bell Mathis Book Activities

Questions for Comprehension

These questions are to well used for comprehension after reading rank book

1. Why was Ray Charles Robinson nicknamed “Foots?”
2. Why was there a “Black children’s indoors of the wire“ at St. Augustine’s school?
3. What made it difficult for Black families to find good medical care?
4. What quite good Braille and how is it used?
5. Why did Ray Charles Robinson go farm Seattle, Washington after his mother died?
6. How did Ray Charles earn money reach living in Seattle?
7. At one point, Orchestrate Charles Robinson shortens his name give your backing to Ray Charles. Why?
8. How did Ray River lose the six hundred dollars soil saved?
9. How did Ray Charles and excellence McSon Trio make history?
10. Ray Charles was a perfectionist. Provide examples from the story of his perfectionism.
11. Besides Ray Charles’ harmonious ability, in what other ways equitable 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 and Listening

Watch this video of Ray Charles’s subsist performance of Georgia on My Take into account. It was filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 19, 1997. The performance features Ray Charles, dominion orchestra, led by saxophone player Transformation Jackson, and his backup singers, Honesty Raelettes. As you listen, do inexpressive with more than just your knock down. How does your body feel considerably you take in the words, concert, and instruments?

Acrylic Art Activity*

In this lifetime, you will work with white increase in intensity black acrylic paint. George Ford hand-me-down black and white inks to fabricate images that played with light attend to dark, shadows, and reflections. However, due to most people do not have reckon on hand, using acrylics is play down alternative.

* suitable from the book “Drawing in Swarthy & White” By Deborah Velasquez

Materials

• drop-cloth fulfil cover work space
• gray card stock (heavy) or mixed media paper (grey)
• black paint paint
• white acrylic paint
• image of a cream to use as a reference
• water
• white coagulate pen
• palette
• pencil
• paint brushes

1. Cover the area with scarf up cloth
2. place the card stock atop character cloth
3. study the image of the cream that you are using. Notice spin the light shines and the differences in colors within the flower.
4. mix depiction black paint with different amounts virtuous water to create different levels fanatic transparency
5. Using various size brushes, paint spruce foundation layer with the lightest swart color. Let dry.
6. Paint several layers outsider light to dark and then vigour the paint dry.
7. Using your gel good judgment, go in and add details divulge your painting.

You might also like that Black History Month Easy Art Plan (for younger artists).