American Soldier

 

A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why?

 

 This is the most powerful picture to me because it has the sign of family. The army, The soldiers unite as one big family. Without family is no power. Family is everything.

 

B. Through the photos, Ian is in different locations, each set of photos from the same location comprise a short series or set.

Set #1 At home in Denver - Tell me which image #s from image #1 to image #9

Set #2 At Basic Training - tell me which image #s from image #11 to image #29
Set #3 In Iraq - tell me which image #'s from image #49 to image #70 

Set #4 Back in Denver - tell me which image #s from image#71 to image #83
Which set of images was the most powerful? Why?

c. How do the images work together to tell a story? Face expressions, The emotion, Body language.

3. Underneath each photo is the caption that ran in the Denver Post

A. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written? When he goes to the army base.

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For those of you who have forgotten your verb tenses see the example below.

Present Tense: John jumps down the stairs.

Past Tense: John jumped down the stairs.

B. How do the captions enhance the photographs?

4. Now its your turn to write a few captions - DO NOT COPY THEIR WRITING

A. Write three of your own captions to photos without looking at the caption written by the photographer. Be sure they are written in the following form. For this assignment you can make up names and facts to write your captions.
First sentence:

"Chapter 50: Time to head to iraq, Time to get serious. Ima miss home."

Second sentence:

Example:

Under the "Chapter 1: Signing Up" group of photos, look at the third photo in which Ian is wearing his cap and gown for graduation.

The caption reads: Ian studies his transcript and diploma as he departs the Bear Creek High School commencement at Red Rocks amphitheatre.