1、 To learn about graffiti and its development. To think about the effect of graffiti on society.Look at the following pictures. What do they show?graffitiWhat is graffiti?Where do we see graffiti?Who paints the graffiti?graffitiwritings or drawings that are sprayed (喷喷) on a wall or other surface in
2、a public place GRAFFITI: FROM VANDALISM TO STREET ART An action involving deliberate damage to public or private property 蓄意破坏蓄意破坏Read the title and predict what the passage would be about?Read the passage quickly for the main idea. The passage mainly introduces graffiti and its development.Read the
3、 passage again and write down the dates mentioned and the events happened on these dates. In the 1960sIn the 1970sIn the 1980sNowadays Graffiti first became popular in the United States.Most people hated graffiti. There was a craze for graffiti.Graffiti has the status of “street art”.Read the text a
4、nd answer the questions.1 What is a graffiti “tag” and what is its purpose?A graffiti tag is a signature unique to an artist or group. It is used to identify the author of a graffiti.2 According to the text, how did most people in New York view graffiti until the 1970s? Why? Most New Yorkers hated g
5、rattifi and considered it disgusting. Because they saw the messey names and slogans as ugly and rough, the work of vandals seeking to express express themselves or even to make a political point.3 In the 1980s, What particular development does the text suggest helped further spread graffiti culture?
6、The popularity of hip-hop music in the 1980s helped further spread graffiti culture.CRITICAL THINKINGWork in groups. Discuss the questions.1 Do you believe that graffiti has a positive or negative effect on society? Why?2 Are there any other forms of expression among young people that you think will
7、 become more popular and accepted in the future?1. Some think it is a crime if done without a property owners permission, while others see this as a rich form of non-traditional cultural expression. 有有些人认为，如果未经财产所有人的允许，这些人认为，如果未经财产所有人的允许，这是是 一一种犯罪，而另一些人则认为这是一种丰富的种犯罪，而另一些人则认为这是一种丰富的非非 传传统文化表现形式。统文化表现
8、形式。 permission: when someone is officially allowed to do something n. 允许允许; 许可许可【归纳归纳】permission短语短语ask for permission 请求允许请求允许without permission 未经许可未经许可with sbs permission 经某人许可经某人许可permit v. 允许，许允许，许可可permit sb. to do sth. 【语境应用语境应用】根据汉语提示补全句子。根据汉语提示补全句子。1) Visitors _ (不允许不允许) take photographs.单句
9、语法填空。单句语法填空。2) She told the director about her project with Steve. The director agreed to add it to the playing list. But Naomi would have to ask Steves _ (permit). (2019江江苏高考苏高考)are not permitted topermissionthreatening letter 恐吓信恐吓信2. New Yorkers used to see the grattifi on the walls of poor neigh
10、bourhoods and subway trains as something threatening and as an example of urban decay. 纽纽约人过去常常将贫困社区和地铁的墙壁上的约人过去常常将贫困社区和地铁的墙壁上的涂鸦视为涂鸦视为威胁威胁和城市衰败的例子。和城市衰败的例子。 threatening: if someones behaviour is threatening, you believe they intend to harm you adj. 威胁威胁的，恐吓的的，恐吓的Search online and find out how graffiti has developed. Make a diagram to show your organised information.
