Graffiti Wall: Discussing and Responding to Literature Using Graphics

Materials and Technology

Student Interactives

Printouts

Websites

Preparation

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Graffiti journal for each student
  
  
• Large sheet of butcher paper or newsprint for each group
  
  
• Crayons and markers
  
  
• Links to online writing labs with suggestions for ways to develop essays. A few are suggested in the Websites section.

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STUDENT INTERACTIVES

Grades   9 – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Organizing & Summarizing

Literary Graffiti

Literary Graffiti, a high school version of the Doodle Splash student interactive, also aims to teach students to visualize what they are reading to help them develop as readers.

 

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PRINTOUTS

• Graffiti Wall
  
  
• Student Reflective Assessment
  
  
• Group Reflective Assessment
  
  
• Graffiti Wall Group Graphic rubric
  
  
• Student Participation Checklist

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WEBSITES

• Online Writing Lab at Purdue University: Writing About Fiction
• Forms of Fiction

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PREPARATION

• Prepare minilessons on the elements of fiction (setting, plot, character, point of view, theme, symbol). Here is a PowerPoint presentation on the elements that my students can refer to on my Forms of Fiction Website. (Scroll down to and click on Elements of Fiction.)
  
  
• The class should have chosen a novel and be well into it when this lesson is introduced.

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