Graffiti Project
jayda2021
GraffitiProject1.pptxChoose a QUOTE from A Lesson Before Dying.
The quote must be important to the text & include a character and prevalent topic(s).
Although I am NOT a SHMOOP fan, this site does have a TON of quotes from A Lesson Before Dying.
You can click on a character and choose a quote.
(It even has themes associated with the quotes. )
CUT the quote down to ONLY the important words.
https://www.shmoop.com/a-lesson-before-dying/characters-quotes.html
2. Choose a background image for your graffiti wall. Your chosen image must be realistic, a place where graffiti would appear in real life.
3. Create the quote. You must use (different) font, color, images, size, placement.
Use this website: https://fontmeme.com/graffiti-fonts/
You can type your text in, choose font/color/effect, click generate, then right click and copy & paste into your PPT.
4. Choose at least 1 image which connect to your quote.
One image must symbolize the novel;
the second image must symbolize a current or past issue/event connected to themes/ideas portrayed in A Lesson Before Dying.
How do these 2 images communicate ideas portrayed in the novel?
(See sample slides @ end of packet.)
5. After your main slide is complete, copy and paste that slide to create “Explanation” slides
for your choices.
REPEAT!
Quote will be a modern quote addressing racial or economic injustice
Current situation (13th Documentary)
Movie topic/theme (Just Mercy)
Use Google to help you find a quote.
SAMPLES of GRAFFITI ART
BELSHAW SAMPLE: MAIN SLIDE
Quote from Grant, chapter 20.
Topic: Injustice.
Grant questions the hypocrisy behind a country that promotes fair judgement from peers; however, “who among [Jefferson’s] peers judged him?” (chapter 31).
Background: White antebellum house to symbolize Henri Pichot and his racist character and superiority views of whites during the 1940s.
BELSHAW SAMPLE: EXPLANATION SLIDES
Font: on the pillars of the house.
Quote divided to show the separation/inequality of races.
“Twelve white men” gray and black, with “white” the largest word due to importance.
Font: “Black man” in blue, to symbolize color and goodness of the AA characters, like Grant & Jefferson.
“Black” in large print to mirror/contrast “white.”
“Die” in red drip to symbolize the injustice of Jefferson’s death by electrocution.
Image 1: Electric chair to symbolize Jefferson/death sentence. Wings & yellow symbolize his actual passing and Grant seeing a yellow butterfly when it was “finally over.” (chapter 31).
Full Quote:
“You ultimately judge the civility of a society not by how it treats the rich, the powerful, the protected and the highly esteemed, but by how it treats the poor, the disfavored and the disadvantaged ....” Bryan Stevenson
Analysis:
I chose this quote because it represents the progressive enlightenment happening with our citizens while also addressing the unjust system we currently maintain. The more attention we bring to the injustice in our society the more change can be demanded.
Font: on the back wall of a jail cell.
Quote divided to show the separation/inequality of social classes.
All in white, blue, and red coloring to symbolize the USA.
NOT in all caps to emphasize the injustice of what is currently common.
Blood like font to symbolize the literal and figurative loss of life
Background: Jail Cell to symbolize highest rate of incarceration in our country, and the high rate of innocent citizens on death row.
Image 2: Arizona Tea & Skittles to symbolize wrongful deaths of young, AA males guilty until proven innocent
NAME ____________________________________________________________ DATE _______________________________________ HOUR _____________
CHECKLIST: Graffiti Project
QUOTE 10 9 8 7 6 0
Did you pick a quote that is IMPORTANT to the novel (addresses a THEME)?
Did you cut your quote down to ONLY the important words?
BACKGROUND PICTURE 10 9 8 7 6 0
Is you background picture realistic?
Could graffiti realistically be spray-painted there?
Does the background picture symbolize/relate to the IMPORTANCE of the novel?
Does the background picture symbolize/relate to the QUOTE?
GRAFFITI TEXT 10 9 8 7 6 0
Is your graffiti text realistic?
Did you change the change the size of different words to symbolize their importance (or lack thereof)?
Did you choose symbolic colors for your text?
Did you place your text in purposeful/symbolic locations and directions on your background picture?
IMAGE #1 10 9 8 7 6 0
IMAGE #1: Did you choose a realistic image that is symbolic to your quote and the novel?
Is the image placed realistically/symbolically?
Is the color of the image symbolic to the novel?
IMAGE #2 10 9 8 7 6 0
IMAGE #2: Is this image relevant to our world AND the novel? (You will need to explain “how.”)
Is the image symbolic of a current/past issue/event?
Is the image placed realistically/symbolically?
Is the color of the image symbolic to the novel?
