Unit 13 Cultural Production

GOALS:

1. Getting familiar with street art.

2. Identifying graffiti vocabulary.

3. Understanding and using the passive voice.

4. Getting to know hip-hop history and dance moves.

Unit 13

Cultural Production

1) What is street art for you?

2) How is graffiti seen in Rio Branco?

​Before we begin!

Question 02

What do you know about graffiti slang? Look at the words and choose the correct definitions.

Multiple Choice

1. Spray paint:

• Something that is used to build a wall or a door.

• Something that is used on a surface to give it color.

Multiple Choice

2. Wall:

• a surface where street art is painted on.

• a place where you can buy furniture.

Multiple Choice

3. Marker:

• something used for marking, such as a felt-tip pen with a broad tip.

• something where you can find groceries and buy food.

Multiple Choice

4. Writer:

• a graffiti artist

• a person who teaches

Multiple Choice

5. Crew:

• a group of people who work with street art together.

• a group of people who work with live perfomances

Spray paint: something that is used on a surface to give it color.

Wall: a surface where street art is painted on.

Marker: something used for marking, such as a felt-tip pen with a broad tip.

Writer: a graffiti artist

Crew: a group of people who work with street art together.

Question 02 - Answers

Question 03

Read the excerpt and use the graffiti words to label the following pictures.

Multiple Select

Picture A

(choose two options)

• bubble style

• tag

• scribing

• stencil

Multiple Choice

Picture B

(choose one option)

• bubble style

• tag

• scribing

• stencil

Multiple Choice

Picture C

(choose one option)

• bubble style

• tag

• scribing

• stencil

a) bubble style + tag

b) stencil

c) scribing

Question 03 - Answers

​Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?

Question 04 (LISTENING)

In her short lesson for TED-Ed (TED’s youth and education initiative), Kelly Wall addresses this pressing question: Is graffiti art or vandalism?

Question 05 (LISTENING)

Before listening to Kelly Wall’s lesson, read the items (a-e). As you listen, identify the option that correctly answers each one of the questions.

​a) What’s the definition of graffiti?

b) Which question is often in debate about graffiti?

c) Which three examples of ancient graffiti are mentioned?

d) Which characteristics led to the connection between graffiti and vandalism?

e ) How did graffiti step into the

mainstream?

Question 05

Question 05 (LISTENING)

Before listening to Kelly Wall’s lesson, read the items (a-e). As you listen, identify the option that correctly answers each one of the questions.

Multiple Choice

​a) What’s the definition of graffiti?

• The act of writing or scribbling on public property.

• The act of painting public walls and buildings.

Multiple Choice

b) Which question is often in debate about graffiti?

• Is it art or vandalism?

• Is it street art or rebellion?

Multiple Choice

c) Which three examples of ancient graffiti are mentioned?

• The ones used by Egyptians, Romans, and the citizens of Pompeii.

• The ones made by Romans, Mayans, and the citizens of Pompeii.

Multiple Choice

d) Which characteristics led to the connection between graffiti and vandalism?

• Deliberate rebellion and provocativeness.

• Disobedience and insurrection.

Multiple Choice

e) How did graffiti step into the mainstream?

• Through famous artists and street exhibitions.

• Through graffiti unions and exhibitions in art galleries.

a) (x) The act of writing or scribbling on public property.

b) (x) Is it art or vandalism?

c) (x)The ones made by Romans, Mayans, and the citizens of Pompeii.

d) (x) Deliberate rebellion and provocativeness.

e) (x) Through graffiti unions and exhibitions in art galleries.

Question 05 - Answers

Question 06 (LISTENING)

Listen again and fill in the blanks

with the words in the box.

words: coined | spray-painted | ownership | empowerment | counterculture

Multiple Choice

6. What is the correct order of the words?

• spray-painted, empowerment, coined, counterculture, ownership.

• empowerment, coined, ownership, spray-painted, counterculture.

• coined, spray-painted, empowerment, counterculture, ownership.

Question 06 - Answers

​a) spray-painted

b) empowerment

c) coined

d) counterculture

e) ownership.