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Photo Essays
Photo Essays
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Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Freewrite for at least 10 minutes, exploring thoughts and ideas inspired by your reading.
Analyze a photo essay and discuss your observations and insights related to the community, the content, and the photographer’s and author’s techniques.
Photography Techniques:
Identify and discuss principles of photography and design.
Create a slideshow with at least 5 examples and explanations of photography techniques.
Brainstorm
Make a list of communities and categories to which you belong.
Describe details about the community you would like to photograph.
Research and take notes on information related to the community you have chosen.
Record citation information (title, author, publication date, URL and website name) for each source of information.
Apply principles of photography, research, and interviewing to capture images and gather information about a community.
Create a photo essay that showcases a community.
Writing
Write captions for the photos you have chosen for your photo essay.
Write at least three paragraphs with background information to accompany your photo essay.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Freewriting
Overview of Photo Essay project - Guidelines & Instructions
Photography & Environmental Portraits
Photo Essay Analysis
Overview of Photography Techniques
Photography Techniques Slideshow - small group activity
Journal Writing - My Community
Research & Note-Taking
Choosing Photos
Photo Editing
Writing Captions
Drafting your Photo Essay Introduction
Assignments
Assignments
Photo Essays - Guidelines & Instructions
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Resources
Resources
Black History Month Creative Writing Workshop
Black History Month Creative Writing Workshop
Texts for Teaching Ekphrastic Writing
Texts for Teaching Ekphrastic Writing
Baugher, Janée J. The Ekphrastic Writer: Creating Art-Influenced Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction. McFarland, 19 June 2020.
Buckelew, Mary Bellucci. “The Value of Art in the English Classroom: Imagination, Making the Tacit Visible.” The English Journal, vol. 92, no. 5, May 2003, p. 49, https://doi.org/10.2307/3650424. Accessed 15 Oct. 2020.
Ehrenworth, Mary. Looking to Write : Students Writing through the Visual Arts. Portsmouth, Nh, Heinemann, 2003.
Gardener, Traci. “A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words: From Image to Detailed Narrative.” ReadWriteThink, www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/picture-worth-thousand-words.
Greenberg, Jan. Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 1 Apr. 2001.
Kurzawski, Kristen. “Demystifying Poetry Using Women’s Ekphrasis.” Yale National Initiative, Sept. 2010, teachers.yale.edu/curriculum/viewer/initiative_10.01.11_u.
Moorman, Honor. “Backing into Ekphrasis: Reading and Writing Poetry about Visual Art.” English Journal, vol. 96, no. 1, 1 Sept. 2006, p. 46, https://doi.org/10.2307/30046662. Accessed 20 May 2019.
Rusche, Harry. “The Poet Speaks of Art.” English Department, Emory University, Jan. 2006, english.emory.edu/classes/paintings&poems/titlepage.html. Accessed 4 Mar. 2024. --> includes 45 examples of ekphrastic poetry along with corresponding paintings
Wang, Elaine. “Art as Meaning-Making in a Secondary School English Classroom: A “Secret Compartment” Book Project on Toni Morrison’s “Beloved.”” The English Journal, vol. 104, no. 5, 2015, pp. 79–87, www.jstor.org/stable/24484584. Accessed 4 Mar. 2024.
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