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必修三 Unit 7 Reading Club 2 Handout
Graffiti: From Vandalism to Street Art
Activity 2 Read the title and predict what the passage is about.
Graffiti: From Vandalism to Street Art
vandalism—the crime of damaging (破坏)things on purpose(故意), especially public property(财物). 故意破坏公共财产
vandal—a person who deliberately (故意)destroys (毁坏)or damage public property. 故意破坏财物者
Activity 3 Read for gist.
Scan the passage for the main idea, and check your prediction.
The passage mainly introduces______________________________.
Scan the passage and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Paragraph Main idea
1 Two artists’ changes.
2 The definition (定义)of graffiti.
3 Graffiti in the modern form first appeared.
4 Graffiti is recognized as a street art and widely used.
5 New Yorkers’ view on graffiti in the 1970s.
6 Graffiti changed a lot and became popular.
Read for structure.
How many parts can this passage be divided into? Give your reasons.
How did the author organize the part?
Activity 4 Read for details.
Read Para.1 and find answers to the following questions.
[Use ①“()” ②“()”③“()” to mark your answers.]
1. What is graffiti?
2. What is a graffiti tag?
3. What do people think of graffiti?
Read Para. 2-5 and fill the table to describe the changes of people’s attitudes towards graffiti.
Time
Attitude towards graffiti
Your evidence
Key words
In the 1960s
Negative (N)
Some graffiti murals and paintings were signs marking the territories of city gangs or illegal crime groups. (para. 2, Line 4)
illegal, crime
Read Para. 6 and find some changes happened to the artists.
Kel Rodriguez • painter →__________
• used to paint New York →works for one of _______________
subway trains newspapers in the United States
→works for a number of other _____________________________
Leonard McGurr • __________ →designer
••• used to paint _________ →works for young people to design and
__________ ________ graffiti-inspired clothes
Please consider what inspiration you can get from the two artists.
Activity 5 Think and share
Situation:
The Art Festival is coming. Some students said that our school’s walls are all white and look boring. They want to cover these walls with graffiti. Do you agree with them?
Homework
Option 1 Try to design a graffiti poster to express whatever you like. It can be your unique signature. It can also be an expression of your feelings. When finished, please introduce your work to us.
Option 2 Labor Day is right around the corner. Please look for graffiti around you during the holidays. Try to illustrate what it attempts to express. And share if you support this kind of form.
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