I am a robot! I play trumpet!

We’ll start with about 30 minutes of reading time. Awww…I can feel my brain growing.

Next stop.  The Soiling of Old Glory and begin talking/thinking about visual grammar. Let’s read it through and write a bit about it.

Can a photo change the world? What can images do that words can’t? What can words do that images can’t? Use the example of TSoOG to explain, discuss, and give examples of the power of words vs. the power of the image.

Now, this is a pretty exhaustive list of vocabulary concerning photography analysis.  In small groups, we’ll chug through it, talk about it, and then…

Use the Big Picture website (which rocks 3 ways to Sunday BTW) and–in small groups–choose one picture to discuss with the entire class. Remember to integrate the photography vocabulary we learned. Let’s have an itty bitty quiz on it come next Wednesday.

HW: Rough draft of Immersive Writing is due!

Image Credit: Reuters/Big Picture