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Create a brochure to explain • the kinds of pictures your need • the specifjcs for those pictures • how to get the pictures to you • deadlines for pictures • show some examples of good and not good

LIFE formula for visual variety in the photo story Photojournalism: The Professionals’ Approach OVERALL – wide shot to establish the scene MEDIUM – focuses on one activity or group CLOSE-UP or DETAIL – one element, like a person’s hands or intricate part of a building PORTRAIT – a person in his/her environmental setting, or a dramatic tight head shot INTERACTION – people in action or conversing SIGNATURE or THE DECISIVE MOMENT – contains all the key story- telling elements CLINCHER – a closer that summarizes or ends the story

OVERALL – wide shot to establish the scene Chalk it up

MEDIUM – focuses on one activity or group Chalk drawing - individual

CLOSE-UP or DETAIL – one element, like a person’s hands or intricate part of a building Chalk it Up

PORTRAIT – a person in his/her environmental setting, or a dramatic tight head shot

INTERACTION – people in action or conversing

SIGNATURE or THE DECISIVE MOMENT – contains all the key story-telling elements

CLINCHER – a closer that summarizes or ends the story

Let’s look at teaching writing ooking at a picture L without a caption is like NEVER watching television with . the sound turned off Use these words success/successful Many Some hard work a lot or several worked

Graphic Organizer out of fjrst sport t o w n fjrst workout helps get nine Cross meets Country thoughts midnight girls and boys n e w on paper summer st art schedule Coach w o r k s o u t Waters ...but T ow er s o u n d P r a c t i c e then what? S u m m e r h o t w e a t h e r w e e k l y record

Writer Rick Bragg says Fill the boxes with bulleted lists of information, quotes, sta- tistics and you have an instant The lead contains the image or detail that outline.The fjve boxes approach draws people in the story. is the easiest method for quick organization of material. Using the boxes you can select and arrange information, settle on New image or detail that resembles a lead precedes the the beginning and ending of the bulk of the narrative story and decide what the story is about. Armed with this rudimentary outline, you can fmesh out your Information story. It breaks the story into rounds out the story components that can be devel- Leaves the reader oped and refjned. with a strong emotion “Even if you just completely scramble it later on, at least it got you rolling,” Bragg said.

D on’t write a report T ell them a story GROWING Strong Team grows in both numbers and strength Bong. Bong. Bong. The months of summer before weeks of the preseason Arriving closer to eleven bell in the tower rang 12 the season started. Calling while beginning the compe- o’clock to allow for warm-up times, but the runners on all his runners to a meet- tition season. What really and pre-meet stretching, the ing at the end of school, inspired the runners, how- the track heard only the first team worked together to pre- chime, the signal that they Coach Waters stressed the ever, was “the camaraderie, pare for the first race of the could start their race. It was importance of being active the excitement, the pitch season. Supportive parents midnight on August 15, and everyday of the summer. black track and the suspense milled about the stands, the cross-country season had Warning the team that the of the run” said Annie Hel- discussing the work their first workouts of the season bling (11). officially begun. kids had done while keeping It was going to be a long would build on an expected After grueling workouts a watchful eyes on threaten- season. Looking ahead to level of fitness, Waters designed to force the run- ing skies. As the hour ap- SPC and evaluating the handed out the workout ners back into shape, the proached, the runners toed potential of the team as a schedule with a smile. midnight time trial allowed the line, hoping the chime Three months later, the the team to loosen up and whole, Coach Kevin Waters of the clock would precede made the decision to design midnight time trial simul- compete for the first varsity any claps of thunder. Bong, a workout plan for the three taneously ended the first spots of the season. bong, bong…

Lori Oglesbee, McKinney High School http://homepage.mac.com/lao4/Education1.html Go to download area for a variety of handouts and power points to use in the classroom. My fa- vorite is the one on revision. Mark Murray, Arlington ISD http://www.aisd.net/murray/ Handouts on PhotoShop and general darkroom procedures. Texas Association of Journalism Educators http://www.taje.org Bradley Wilson, North Carolina State University http://ncsu.edu/sma/ On the right side of Pages Go to Instructional Materials Handouts

in confusion or have to reread. • In a word processing program, run a word count. • Write that number in the top right corner of the fjrst page. • Rewrite those sentences. • Read it aloud. Mark any place where you stumble, pause Revision Step 1 Step 2

• Look for summarized or implied dialog. • Rewrite using the actual exchanges said during the scene. Revision Step 3 (go to taje.org and click on PowerPoint Library. Scroll down and watch Using Quotations by Deanne Smith)

straight down the page. • Circle all the -ly adverbs. • Select a better verb if the adverb enhances. verbs) tences. (ing verbs, verbs with lots of helpers, be • Look for weak verbs and rewrite those sen- • Underline all the verb phrases. • On a separate sheet of paper, list the verbs Revision Step 4 Keep the adverb if it contradicts the meaning. Step 5

• Spell check and grammar check with Word. • Check “readability statistics” (Alt F> Word Options > proofjng > check box for Show Read- ability Statistics). This will tell you what percent- age of your sentences are in passive voice. Aim for less than fjve percent passive voice. Revision Step 6

• Make any needed changes. • Make those noted corrections. • Leave the story alone for at least 24 hours. • Read it aloud. crucial. • At this point, an edit from another writer is Revision Step 7 Final Draft Now you should have a great story.

wrong tense. the world. If your main verb has an –ing ending, you’re in the • Keep verbs in simple present, past or future. tion. • No question leads. Instead answer the ques- general statements about teens, life, society or • Take the reader into the moment. No broad, • Space once after periods. Revision A Few More Hints • Use a style sheet. (see Bradley’s web site)

• Avoid “there” to begin a sentence. • No indefjnite pronouns: some, many, most. • Don’t use due to. Babies are due, you mean because. Revision • Never use a lot, working hard, hard work, several, success.

Run the Index after each deadline and before proofs come.

S ceremony. Dripping wet with evidences of blue paint began to run together. triding across the amphitheater towards the and silly string visible, the seniors walked on stage, ready for the start of the senior year, as everything else make themselves presentable for the formal Blue Tie decorations and balloon tossing, the seniors hurried to students. After an adrenaline-fjlled morning of blue slow down to high-fjve eager Montessori stage, seniors Isaac Perales and Deveno Hairston Under File Menu > Type > Show Hidden Characters Allows you to see indexed tagged type. If you change the spelling of a name, you must re-tag the name. > >

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