Learning Targets: I can determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.

I can develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant data and evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both claim(s) and counterclaims in a discipline-appropriate form that anticipates the audience's knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases.

Essential question: How effective are photo essays as relating to written work?

Photo essay narratives.

“It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.”

― William Carlos Williams

Below you will find three photo essay narratives. Each employs a series of images to tell a story. Look over the three and select one that resonates with you. Then look more closely at the images. See them. That means note the setting, placement of people and objects within the frame, use of color and shadows, as well as foreground and background. Where was the photographer in relation to the subject? Is this a close-up, medium shot or establishing shot? What connects the photos? Are there obvious narrative transitions?

As with any narrative, there is a unifying theme, but the images are our paragraphs, providing both the supporting evidence and analysis.

Open a word document, and take notes on what you see. These, of course, will be subjective. Pose questions, make observations, reflect and comment. Your notes will be the catalyst and inspiration for your writing.

Once you are quite satisfied with your notes, respond to the following in approximately 250 words: What is the story that___________________ is telling in his / her photo essay __________________?

Your well-written response-sans language convention errors- along with your notes are due at the end of class on Thursday. Your analysis component will count as a writing grade, whilst your copious notes will as well. As this is a two-day assignment, both items should demonstrate a high-level of proficiency.

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