The Latin root of graffiti means to write. Over time, the word has taken on the negative connotation of defacement of public or private property. Most students have probably seen examples of graffiti on train cars, highway overpasses, and buildings. In Jane Feber’s new book, Student Engagement is FUNdamental, Graffiti is used in a more productive manner to get students to share their thoughts and feelings in a positive, non-threatening way.
Essentially, this activity instructs the reader to place academic questions onto the bricks of the graffiti wall for students to respond to. All you need to create this graffiti wall is a large sheet of bulletin board or butcher-block paper that can be divided up into brick-like pieces, and a pen or pencil to write your academic questions with. Once you have written the questions and created the bricks, simply tape or glue each question to each brick and let the fun begin!
As you can see from the image, Jane’s book provides us with a list of stimulating graffiti-wall-questions such as “Favorite after school activity,” “Favorite Website,” and “Favorite teacher”. In addition to the 20+ graffiti wall questions already provided in the book, Jane has been nice enough to provide us with a supplementary list of questions that can be used on any student’s graffiti wall. These supplementary questions are for getting students to think critically about books, both fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction: Favorite character; Least favorite character; Favorite conflict; Favorite setting; Favorite thing a character did; Least favorite thing a character did; Favorite part of the story; Personal connection.
Nonfiction: One new thing you learned; One thing you already knew; One question you had; Illustrate something you read; Most important thing you read; Least important thing you read; Real world connection.
Enjoy these free supplementary questions and use them to enrich and stimulate your students’ minds!
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