Monday, February 12, 2007

Monday, February 12, 2007

Today, we are going to examine how to interpret and write on a visual. We will go over one as a class, and then I will be providing one for you to do on your own.

Responding to a Visual Reflection

Just as there are main ideas in a piece of writing, there are also main ideas in a visual. In order to do well on your PDEs, you must be as strong in reading, interpreting and understanding these as you need to be in reading, interpreting and understanding passages.

In order to do well, follow these steps:

1. Read any captions that come with the picture
2. Using the margins, break down what you see into the five W’s
3. Write down any emotive qualities the picture seems to leave you with
4. Write down any questions the picture DOESN”T answer
5. Determine what the picture means. Explain why you think it means what it does (this is the main point from YOUR perspective)

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