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Writing Captions 5w + h (who what where when how why) three sentences in a capon 1. present tense-what is going on in the photos….right now! 2. past tense…more details 3. future tense…makes us want to read a follow-up story DON’T: state the obvious, use first/second person, start with a person’s name/date/locaon Your capon SHOULD tell the enre story so I don’t have to read the arcle next to it ---b/c readers are lazy Write capons for each of the following photos. Use the rules given in the box. 1 2 3 4 5
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Writing Captions · three sentences in a caption 1. present tense-what is going on in the photos….right now! 2. past tense…more details 3. future tense…makes us want to read

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Page 1: Writing Captions · three sentences in a caption 1. present tense-what is going on in the photos….right now! 2. past tense…more details 3. future tense…makes us want to read

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5w + h (who what where when how why)three sentences in a caption1. present tense-what is going on in the photos….right now!2. past tense…more details3. future tense…makes us want to read a follow-up story

DON’T: state the obvious, use first/second person, start with a person’s name/date/location

Your caption SHOULD tell the entire story so I don’t have to read the article next to it ---b/c readers are lazy

Write captions for each of the following photos. Use the rules given in the box.

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4 5