Captions+MB13


 * Objectives: Students will**
 * 1) define captions for images as "a title, short explanation, or description accompanying an illustration or a photograph"
 * 2) compare and contrast the messages in captions with the messages in the image.
 * 3) describe an example of a caption that changes the interpretation of the image.


 * Example: Captions RGC**

//From sports illustrated for kids.// //That was a cool bedtime story now can you make me a Sandwich?!//

//Sports Illustrated for Kids// requested that viewers submit a caption for a chance to appear in an issue of //Sports Illustrated Kids//! Why? @http://www.sikids.com/contests/funny-photo


 * Consider the following questions**
 * 1) How much can you change the meaning by adding your own caption?
 * 2) Is it possible to make a serious image appear comic? Is it possible for a comic images to appear serious?
 * 3) What do you would be a good caption for the picture above?
 * 4) Do you think newspapers and magazines ever set out deliberately to change the meaning of an image by the caption they use?
 * 5) How can captions give new meaning to images and photos?


 * Resources:**
 * Magazines for teens
 * World Newspapers and Magazines for Teens
 * RefDesk World Newspapers


 * Assignment**
 * 1) Look through newspapers and magazines to try to find an example of an image where the meaning has been interpreted by a caption.
 * 2) Create a wiki pages named Caption initials.
 * 3) Create a link to the newspaper image.and copy and past the image to your page.
 * 4) ** Write a paragraph explaining how you think the image has been interpreted by the caption. **