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New Genre Writing Projects For Unit 3

Please post your Unit 3 projects in this thread as well as respectful responses to other peopleā€™s work. Congratulations to all of you for the accomplishment of completing this challenging and I hope fun project of adapting your research for Unit 2 to a new genre. Please read/see/hear your classmatesā€™ projects and share some reactions.

Annie Correal, ā€œLove and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Streetā€

Annie Correal, ā€œLove and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Streetā€ (2017)

Read Correalā€™s text. Summarize 4-5 main ideas in a paragraph, then consider her use of photographs. Choose two photos to describe and analyze: what is going on in the photo, and why does Correal include it in her article? What does the photo illustrate? Finally, think about the *genre* of Correalā€™s article. Why is this approach of text and pictures most suitable for her story?Ā·

One Story, 3 Genres

Listen, watch, and read the three versions of this true story. Ā For you, which did the best job of communicating what happened? Why was it more effective than the other two? Which had the greatest impact on you? Why, compared to the others? What does this show/ tell you about different genres approaching the same subject?

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