Headlines and Captions
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Your Assignment… Pick your fav. pic from this week (each of you) Get a large paper per group Have Mrs. G print your chosen pics Create a Two-part headline for each photo using the strategies given in this presentation Tape/Glue the photo to your paper and write the headlines and captions USE DESIGN! How should it look? How would it look in the Yearbook?