The following activity introduces caption writing into a lesson.
Writing captions enables students to learn:
- to use formal and impersonal language and concise expression to write effective captions
- tell a story by considering what the reader needs to know and include relevant details presented clearly
- to inform, explain and describe, focusing on conveying information and ideas clearly
- to understand/explore the relationship between captions and pictures
- to understand how images and words can be combined to convey meaning
Get students to think about the five W's - Who, What, Where, When and Why - when writing captions. They should try to answer each of the wh-questions to build up their story and give the reader the full picture.
Encourage students to include quotes. Quotes and personal opinions give another dimension to the captions.
