Graffiti Wall Assignment

English/Education 323/ Spring 2014                                      Dr. Sean Agriss

Graffiti Wall Assignment                                                      

This assignment is worth 15% of your final grade in the course.

The graffiti wall is an opportunity for you to work with another student to visually display important themes and issues from the texts that we look at as a class, from our discussions, and from your own thinking on war and peace.  Your graffiti wall will be displayed so that your colleagues will have a sense of your understandings of the themes and issues and how you’ve chosen to display these interpretations visually.

Requirements:

1) Your graffiti wall may include some or all of the following to represent the themes and issues from the texts that we look at as a class, from our discussions, and from your own thinking on war and peace: collage, drawings, shapes, symbols, colors, words, phrases, quotes, etc. Be creative. Feel free to venture outside of these suggestions.

2) Your graffiti wall should help viewers to understand the topic of war and peace from the texts that we look at as a class, from our discussions, and from your own thinking and how it impacts culture, families, borders, and geography.

3) You will present your graffiti wall to the class through display and narration where you will describe your wall and the choices that you’ve made.

4) Each graffiti wall needs to be accompanied by an “artists’ statement” (1pg minimum). You will write a narrative that explains what is visually represented, why you’ve made the decisions you’ve made, and how these ideas are connected to culture, families, borders, and geography.

Grading criteria:

In evaluating your Graffiti Wall, I will be looking for the following:

Visual Representation:

1) Issues and themes from the texts that we look at as a class, from our discussions, and from your own thinking are clearly identifiable in the visual representation. There is a thorough treatment of these issues as you see them related to culture, families, borders, and geography. (20 possible points)

Artists’ Statement:

1) Your “artists’ statement” should be 1 page minimum and should explain what is visually represented, why you’ve made the decisions you’ve made, and how these ideas are connected to culture, families, borders, and geography. (20 possible points)

2) Clarity and mechanical correctness.  Your narration should be legible and error free. (5 possible points)

Presentation of Graffiti Wall:

1) Each pair of students will have 5 minutes to explain their Graffiti Wall to the class. The presentations should thoroughly explain the details of your Graffiti Wall. (5 possible points)