Links+to+Extra+Writing+Prompts

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How MANY symbolic elements can you find in this example. How MANY different but connected ideas are conveyed through the words, the picture, the color, the choices of font size and type....
media type="custom" key="27150628"Civil Rights case revisited in 2015. View the video and then write about 3 things that were surprising or thought-provoking information in the story. Why do you think it was important to correct the legal record after so many years?

We have to slow down and look at the WHOLE picture before we draw conclusions--in life and in literature.
=1. Watch **ONLY the first 5 seconds** of this video, then **jot down details that you notice in the order** that you notice them.= =2. Before watching any more, write down what you think the rest of the events (plot) will be and what the people in the story are like ( characterization ) and what you think the purpose (Theme ) of the video may be. What is the person recording this trying to say about life or human nature?= =3. Then watch the rest and see if your answers to any of the above change. I am betting that unless you have viewed this before, you notice a very important detail the SECOND time you view the whole piece than what you focused on the first time. You also may come to a different conclusion about the POINT ( theme--why it matters ) of the video.=

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