
in Sue Johnson’s 5th period American Lit class. NOT: … reads a book.īe sure that you identify classes by the first and last name of the teacher, the period, and the SPECIFIC name of the class: (Remember that you can make these up.)Įxample. states for an upcoming test.Įxample: … goes over vocabulary about transitive verbs. Say SPECIFICALLY, IN DETAIL what the person is doing.Įxample. In the Second Sentence, refer to the person by LAST NAME ONLY.Įxample: Ferris will travel to Mexico this summer. Staff members need to be identified by job title and first and last name if they are the subject of the photo. Students need to be identified by first and last name and grade. – People must be identified in the correct style. ( NO -ing verbs), with ALL of the necessary information (Who, What, When, and Where) included IN THE FIRST SENTENCE. Correct Verb Tense (captions should be written in simple present tense): Example: runs, studies, discusses, etc. Notice these elements of correctly-written captions: History class. Students will have a quiz over state capitals next week.Įxample: Social Studies teacher Shaunna Meyer explains the characteristics of introverts to students in her 1st period Theory of Knowledge class. Students will use this information to learn more about themselves and their personalities. Here are two examples of correctly written captions:Įxample: Shams Al-Badry (12) works on her state capitals worksheet during Brian Goodbrake’s 2nd period AP U.S. You can make up the information in the caption (names, locations, etc.) but the caption MUST be in correct style, in the correct tense, with ALL of the necessary information included. Choose 10 of the photos and write a caption for each in the box below the photo.

On the linked page below, there are 20 photos. READ THE DIRECTIONS BELOW CAREFULLY BEFORE STARTING!! Today, I’d like you to practice writing captions for a variety of photos.

The caption MUST have ALL of the necessary information ( Who, What, When, and Where)included IN THE FIRST SENTENCE.

To make sure the information is clear and accurate, captions for Photojournalism must be written in a standard way. Without a caption, we might get the wrong information or the wrong impression about what’s going on in the photo. Captions (or Cutlines) are the words that go with an image to explain what’s happening in the photo.
