Captivating Captions

Who? 4 year old Sandy Jones & Hector the Hippo What? Wrestling Where? Annual Tot vs. Pachyderm Wrestling Match at the Pachyderm Rodeo – East Lansing, Mich. When? Saturday, June 18 Why? Kicking off the opening ceremony Kicking off the opening ceremonies at East Lansing’s annual Pachyderm Rodeo, 4-year old Sandy Jones puts her infamous Chiny-Chin-Chin Choke hold on Hector the Hippo. Although Hector ended up winning this match, Sandy and her wrestling partner, Jimmy Saxon, took first place in the tag-team match.

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Caption Shuffle

Who? Homecoming Queen Susie Smith & Homecoming King Michael Jones What? Wave to the crowd Where? At the district stadium When? October 20 Why? Ending half-time coronation ceremony Hint: Use transition words (in, at, during, after, while, because, eventually, etc.) in front of each fact.

Who? Homecoming Queen Susie Smith & Homecoming King Michael Jones What? Wave to the crowd Where? At the district stadium When? October 20 Why? Ending half-time coronation ceremony Starting with WHEN On October 20, Homecoming Queen Susie Smith and Homecoming King Michael Jones wave to the crowd at the district stadium as the halftime coronation ceremony ends. SECOND SENTENCE...

Who? Homecoming Queen Susie Smith & Homecoming King Michael Jones What? Wave to the crowd Where? At the district stadium When? October 20 Why? Ending half-time coronation ceremony Starting with WHERE At the district stadium on Homecoming, Queen Susie Smith and King Michael Jones wave to the crowd signifying the end of the halftime coronation ceremony. SECOND SENTENCE...

Who? Homecoming Queen Susie Smith & Homecoming King Michael Jones What? Wave to the crowd Where? At the district stadium When? October 20 Why? Ending half-time coronation ceremony Starting with WHAT Waving to the crowd, Homecoming Queen Susie Smith and King Michael Jones mark the end of the halftime coronation ceremony at the district stadium October 20. SECOND SENTENCE...

Assignment Choose a new postcard picture from the Caption Capture assignment. Write FOUR captions for that postcard, one for each method we just talked about. You may use the same past-tense second sentence for all 4.