WA+4+-+Photo+Essay


 * Photo Essay/Project (WA 4) **

(30 pts.) Choose a key theme from the course (discourse community, literacy sponsor, literacy, Burkean Parlor, Plato's Cave, rhetorical terms, etc.) and create a photo project illustrating your understanding of these themes. This project will consist of images you create and an essay explaining how your images illustrate the concept you chose. Keep in mind, this project should be more than just a collection of images. These images should either carry the weight of the story or interact with the words used to illustrate your chosen concept. Think about what stories involve: an argument, a beginning, middle, an arc, and an end. In other words, you are using your images—a kind of rhetoric—to tell a story about a concept.

The images can be shared through a PowerPoint or Movie Maker presentation, or you may create a video and upload it to Youtube. If you use Youtube, you have the option of setting it to private. PowerPoint slides may include a brief piece of writing that works with your images in forming your story, but remember, for your written text, less is more. You may also use music to accompany your images. Another option is to craft a comic book or scrapbook (using drawings or photos). In any case, make sure that the images carry the weight of the narrative.

The written essay portion (which explains how your images illustrate your concept) should be 2.5-4 pages long in MLA format.

In addition to completing WA 4, all students will present their photo essays to the class on a designated day on the last week of class. The grading breakdown for the photo essay project is as follows:

Photo Essay/Project: 15pts Presentation: 10pts Attendance: 5pts Total: 30pts