Edgar Degas Biography Reading Passage and Writing Activity Worksheets

Introduce your students to the inspiring story of a famous artist with this Edgar Degas Biography and Writing Activity! This ready-to-use resource helps elementary students strengthen reading comprehension and writing skills while learning about an influential painter of movement and dancers. Designed for young learners, it pairs an engaging reading passage with structured question and writing pages to keep students motivated and focused.

 

About This Product
This printable reading and writing packet covers the inspiring life journey of Edgar Degas, from studying people and visiting museums as a child in Paris to capturing movement, dancers, and everyday life in his artwork. Students read a clear biography passage, answer text-based comprehension questions, and complete guided writing activities. Teachers can easily integrate this no-prep resource into literacy centers, biography units, art history lessons, or independent work.

 

Topics Included in This Pack

Early Life and Art Interests: Growing up in Paris, France, visiting museums, drawing, and studying how people moved.

Overcoming Difficulties: Training in strict schools and continuing to create art even as he began to lose his eyesight later in life.

Painter of Movement: Capturing dancers in practice and performance, joining Impressionist exhibitions, and showing the beauty of everyday moments.

Life Lessons: Learning to keep going even when things become difficult, and seeing beauty in the simple moments around you.

 

What is Included

Biography Reading Passage: Colorful version for visual learning and black-and-white version for ink-saving printing.

Comprehension Question Worksheets: Structured question sheets designed to check text recall and reading comprehension.

Writing Activity Pages: Guided lined activity pages for written student responses and reflections.

Complete Answer Key: Handy reference sheet for quick and stress-free grading.

 

Perfect For

Literacy Centers: Meaningful reading and writing stations for partner or independent practice.

Biography Units: High-interest materials for studying famous artists and historical figures.

Morning Work: Structured and engaging independent assignments to kick off the day.

Substitute Plans: Print-and-go worksheets that require zero preparation for guest teachers.

 

Why Teachers Love It

Zero-Prep & Print-and-Go: Just print the worksheets and hand them directly to students without any extra setup.

High-Interest Content: Captivating art history theme naturally inspires and engages young learners.

Flexible Printing Options: Includes both full-color and ink-friendly black-and-white formats.

Clean Design: Student-friendly, distraction-free layouts that encourage neat writing and focused reading.

 

Inspire your students with artistic perseverance and creativity using this zero-prep Edgar Degas Biography and Writing Activity today!