Captions


 * 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.


 * Consider the following questions**
 * 1) How much can you change the meaning by adding your own caption? How is language used to change the connotation of an image?
 * 2) What do you would be good captions for the pictures above?
 * 3) Do you think newspapers and magazines ever set out deliberately to change the meaning of an image by the caption they use?

//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 (see 2 photos below)


 * [[image:091812funny-photo.jpg width="236" height="350" caption="from Sports Illustrated for Kids."]] || [[image:funny-photo-101813.jpg caption="From Sports Illustrated for Kids"]] ||


 * Resources:**
 * Girls Life
 * Sports Illustrated for Kids
 * Teen Vogue
 * World Newspapers and Magazines for Teens


 * Assignment**
 * 1) Create a wiki pages named Caption initials.
 * 2) Look through the ** resources ** links above for newspapers and magazines to find an example of an interesting image where the meaning or connotation can be changed with a caption..
 * 3) Right-click on the image, then "Save As" the image to My Documents on your computer.
 * 4) Copy the URL of the newspaper or magazine image. Use the wiki File button to **Upload the File**, the image, to your page. After the image file is uploaded, paste the URL of the original location of the image below the image on your page.
 * 5) Click on the picture to add your own caption.
 * 6) Explain how you think the meaning or connotation of the image is changed by the caption.


 * View example: @Captions RGC**