Actividad

I love grafitis

Personajes:

Ommolbahni Hassani (Shamsia)

Tema: Looking for information in a text.

Competencias

Competencia en Comunicación Lingüística

Competencia Personal, social y de aprender a aprender

Materias y cursos por Sistema Educativo

España > Inglés > 1º ESO > Comunicación

España > Inglés > 1º ESO > Interculturalidad

Enunciado

<img title="Women's Legacy logo" src="//inclusion.womenslegacyproject.eu/images/LogoWL.svg" /><hr />You are going to know about the grafiti artist Shamssia Hassani. Let&rsquo;s do some activities about her:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Activity 1.&nbsp;With the help of a partner, remember all the vocabulary related to painting that you can.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Activity 2.&nbsp;Read the text and try to infer the meaning of the words you don&rsquo;t understand. If it is not possible, look them up:&nbsp; &nbsp; Shamsia Hassani is the first female grafiti artist of Afghanistan. Through her artworks, Shamsia portrays Afghan women in a male dominant society.&nbsp; &nbsp; Her art gives Afghan women a different face, a face with power, ambitions, and willingness to achieve goals. The woman character used in her artworks portrays a human being who is proud, loud, and can bring positive changes to people&rsquo;s lives. During the last decade of post-war era in Afghanistan, Shamsia&rsquo;s works have brought in a huge wave of colour and appreciation to all the women in the country.&nbsp; &nbsp; Her artworks have inspired thousands of women around the world and has given a new hope to female Afghan artists in the country. She has motivated hundreds of Afghans to bring in their creativity through her grafiti festival, art classes, and exhibitions in different countries around the world.&nbsp; &nbsp; (Adapted from <a title="Shamsia Hassani. Text" href="https://www.aleph-tech.it/arte/shamsia-hassani-the-1st-afghan-female-graffiti-street-artist/">https://www.aleph-tech.it/arte/shamsia-hassani-the-1st-afghan-female-graffiti-street-artist/ </a>&nbsp; (retrieved on:16-04-2022)&nbsp;
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Activity 3. Find synonyms for the underlined words.

Observaciones y contexto

This text can be the first of several activities to work on Shamsia: watching a video (Art is stronger than war), describing her grafiti (Drawing grafiti) and interviewing the artist (Interviewing Shamsia).

Other contemporary painters and illustrators are: Marjane Satrapi (Iran.1969-), Carmen García Huerta (Madrid.1975-), Sarah Arnett (Brighton. UK), Sarah Beetson (UK).

Other women contemporaries of Shamsia who seek to give voice to women in oppressed environments or where the female voice is silenced are Rachel Corrie (USA. 1979-2003), Susan C. Faludi (USA. 1959-), Mary Fisher (USA. 1948-).

Descripción

In this activity we will introduce and/or recall vocabulary related to painting and read a text to introduce the artist Shamsia Hassani.

Distinguishing types of comprehension (general meaning, essential information, main points).

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