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Lesson 1: Graffiti artists’ tag (Original scheme)

Children express their personality, transforming their names into graffiti tags, using block lettering, serifs contrasting colours and shadow

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Before the lesson

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Attention grabber

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Main event

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Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: May need some help to check that their letters are adequately spaced before they begin creating block letters and extending with serifs.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should try more than one graffiti style of lettering and can add 3D shadow effects by adding a block shadow on the right and lowest edge of each letter.

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Examples of completed work

Graffiti art

Barton Moss
Graffiti tag 2_New year

Hilderthorpe Primary, East Riding

Graffiti tag_New year

Hilderthorpe Primary, East Riding

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Simon Chubb,  
Art and design specialist
Simon is a teacher, cartoonist and artist. He uses his 25 years of experience to teach art in schools and has his own workshop business ‘Scartoons’ in which children create comic characters and strips. Simon is a member of The…
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