The DNA of Graffiti!

1. People started drawing on walls hundreds of years ago thousands of years ago a few years ago
2. In Ancient Rome or Ancient Greece, wall creations were often poetry portraits comic imitations
3. Modern graffiti was born thanks to the spread of walls tags art forms

What is a graffiti?

1

Where was this graffiti drawn? Choose the right words.

steel

buildings

×

train wagon

warehouse

red brick

×

elevated railway

track

dense

urban

traffic lights

cables

2

Fill in the text with the words below.

This is a

representing an

scene. The main element is the elevated railway. The most

 part of the photograph is the train wagon because it is entirely covered in

.

3

Describe the different parts of the picture using the words to make sentences.

a) picture / horizontal / vertical lines ➝ .
b) background / buildings / red brick ➝ .
c) foreground / metal / bridge ➝ .
d) graffiti / hand / earth ➝ .

4

Match each type of graffiti with the corresponding portion of the train.💡 Tip: The head of the train → car n°1.


a) Whole car. → 
b) Whole train.→ 
c) Top to bottom. → 
d) End to end.→ 
e) Married couple. → 

The birth of graffiti

1

Listen to the audio. Reorder Taki’s story.

2

Listen to the audio again. Choose the correct answer(s).

a) Real artists arose when they (wrote bigger than others. / got their own style. / filled in blank walls.)
b) The two causes of the spread of graffiti are (the media. / the police. / young people. / the subway.)
c) They thought Julio was (a date. / a nickname. / a secret code. / a pseudonym.)
d) “Taki” stands for (a Greek nickname and his street number. / his mother’s name and his street number. / his mother’s Greek name and a number symbolizing respect.)

3

What is the funny thing about an artist with a nickname? Reorder Taki’s quote to find out. Explain.

nobody / that / celebrity / a / knows / to / be.

4

If your class was a band, what would its nickname be? Imagine three nicknames.

Legal graffiti

1

Label the documents with the letters (some words can be used several time).

2

This graffiti is legal. For each phrase, choose the right sentence.

a) The police won’t arrest the writers The writers will get a fine for painting on these walls
b) The authorities have agreed to let writers spray-paint the walls The authorities know that the writers are here
c) The writers won’t have to run away The writers will have to go to court

3

Match the two parts of these four sentences to know more about the motives of authorities for condemning artists.

4

Make your own pro or anti graffiti poster. Brainstorm your arguments in the mindmap.

Silent consonants

Listen: I know his pseudonym!

Réfléchis : Repère les lettres que tu n’entends pas. Ce sont des consonnes voyelles
Elles précèdent suivent une consonne voyelle


Répète : A psychopath shouldn’t have a knife!

Want to

Observe : The policeman wants the writer to stop.

Réfléchis : Repère les deux verbes. Quel mot introduit le second verbe ?


Conclus : Quand on veut exprimer l’idée de volonté on utilise le verbe . Il est suivi de pour introduire le second verbe.

Mission 1

1

What is a debate?

A discussion in which people express different opinions.

A verbal fight.

A discussion in which people have the same opinion.

2

What is a forum in this case?

An online place of open discussion.

A large public place in an ancient Roman city that was used as the center of business.

A marketplace.

3

Choose your level:

A2

Vers B1

A2+