Go to the following website and try your hand at the pentiminoes!
http://scholastic.com/titles/chasingvermeer/index.htmTake the Vermeer tour:
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg51/gg51-main1.htmlDo some research on Vermeer paintings. Go to the following site and look at the masterpieces painted by Vermeer:
(click on a painting to see more of the same style)
http://www.about-vermeer-art.com/vermeer/vermeer-oil-paintings/index.htmlA fake or a real Vermeer?
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2004/03/30/realvermeer20040330.htmlHow much is the painting worth?
Do the following writing assignment:
http://www.writingfix.com/YoungAdult_Prompts/Chasing_Vermeer_idea_development.htmChapter 3 page 18 Chasing Vermeer
The 5:38 southboung train went by Petra's window exactly three seconds before it passed Calder's. In betwee, it shot by the Castiglione's and then the Bixby's--Petra had once calculated that it passed a house per second on Harper Avenue. She liked the trains.
Looking out, she saw the bright shout of a red hat, a child in a purple jacket pressed against the window, a bald head just rising over a stiff rectangle of newspaper. She'd noticed that colors sometimes left their shapes when things flashed by so fast.
