COPY – Day 10 sports captions. sports captions COPY A well-written caption provides the context for a picture by answering the who, what, when, where,

COPY – Day 10 sports captions

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A well-written caption provides the context for a picture by answering the who, what, when, where, why and how.

Caption writing involves interviewing, prewriting, drafting, rewriting and editing.

THINGS TO REMEMBERTHINGS TO REMEMBER


A. ACTION LEAD-IN:

B. BASIC INFORMATION:

C. COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

QUOTE:

IT’S AS EASY AS AIT’S AS EASY AS A,, B B,, C C


• Check the type of caption that is used in your section (such as sentence or expanded).

• Include the following:

– The play’s outcome (when appropriate)

– The names of all players from all teams in the photo

– Uniform or jersey numbers in parentheses for all

players

• If you do not have organized sports, cover sports clubs and individual sports.

CAPTION WRITING TIPSCAPTION WRITING TIPS


DIVIDE & CONQUER. Before a match against St. Thomas

Aquinas, senior Parker Johnson practices his serves. Since the team

grew to 47 members from 20, the players were split into two practice areas. “Aquinas hadn’t showed up

yet, so we were just messing around,” Johnson said. “We went undefeated against Aquinas, not

losing a single match.”

SPORTS CAPTION EXAMPLESPORTS CAPTION EXAMPLE


Talk to the Coaches, the Athletes and the Spectators.

How did the writer capturethe history & memories


In your groups, write a caption using the following format:

IT’S AS EASY AS AIT’S AS EASY AS A,, B B,, C C

A. ACTION LEAD-IN:

B. BASIC INFORMATION:

C. COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

QUOTE:


Who: Juniors Taylor Reed (159) and Alexa Becher (165)

What: the Brenham Hillacious Invitational; Reed finished

19th overall with a time of13:30.32; Becher finished 21st

with a time of 13:40.74

When: Saturday, September 21, 2013;

10 AM (delayed two hours because of storm)

Where: Henderson Park’s hilly course in Brenham, TX

Why: to be one of the seven qualifiers to advance to

district competition

How: running in mud

Quote: “It was my favorite race because the challenge of

running up hills in mud was different and exciting,”

Reed said.

CAPTION WRITINGCAPTION WRITING


1. First sentence of the caption is written in present tense. 2. Second and third sentences are written in past tense.3. The captions indicate when and where the action is taking place.4. The following words are NOT used:

• MANY• SEVERAL• A LOT• SUCCESS/SUCCESSFUL• DEDICATED• SOME• DILIGENTLY

5. The captions DO NOT make reference to the future of next year's team.6. In sports captions, the outcome of the play is given.7. The caption has an attention-getting lead.8. Captions thoroughly explain the action shown in the photograph.

IT’S AS EASY AS AIT’S AS EASY AS A,, B B,, C CUsing this checklist,

check your caption and rewrite it if necessary.


head for the hills Focusing on finishing, juniors Taylor Reed and Alexa Becher summit a very muddy hill in the Brenham Hillacious Invitational. It stormed earlier that morning, delaying the race and making the course soggy and harder to compete on. “It was my favorite race because the challenge of running in mud was different and exciting,” Reed said. Photo courtesy of Vicki Bevans.


Who: Senior receiver Connor Fuentes (25)

What: conference game against Denton Ryan

When: Friday, October 25, 2013;

Where: Memorial Stadium, McKinney, TX

You’re curious. You’re intelligent. What do you want to know?

CAPTION WRITING TIPSCAPTION WRITING TIPS


Why: strive for personal best and a win

How: 13-yard reception; breaks a tackle and

runs for another seven yards; received for 96

yards

Quote: “That was my longest reception of the

night, and it was big because it was third down,”

Connor said. “I’m just glad I could get us out of

that.”




On the RunOn a 13-yard reception in the second quarter against Denton Ryan, senior receiver Connor Fuentes breaks a tackle and runs for another seven yards before being taken down. Connor totaled 96 yards in receptions. “That was my longest reception of the night, and it was big because it was a third down,” Connor said. “I’m just glad I could get us out of that.”


Team & Club group idents• Identify the group• Start from the front

row and work left to right

• Label each row as front row, second row,… back row

• Identify people with special titles by placing the title in parenthesis after the person’s name

Example:

JV Baseball: Front Row- John Davis (coach), Matt James; Second Row- Ferris McKinzey, Tim Marks, J.J. Timmons; Back Row- Hal Dims, Corey Gulickson.

Note the use of bold face for club name, italics for the row designations

CAPTION TIPSCAPTION TIPS

sports captions COPYCAPTION LEAD-INSCAPTION LEAD-INS


Photos may have photo credits

photo by Justin Black

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With a time-out on their hands, senior cheerleaders Jessica Rehms and Carrie Smythe make fish faces. The team was ahead in the fourth quarter. “This was our tradition to taunt the freshmen,” Smythe said. “Luckily, no one in the stands could see or hear us.”photo by Justin Black

Choose one style and stick with it!

PHOTO CREDITSPHOTO CREDITS


photo by Justin Black

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With a time-out on their hands, senior cheerleaders Jessica Rehms and Carrie Smythe make fish faces. The team was ahead in the fourth quarter. “This was our tradition to taunt the freshmen,” Smythe said. “Luckily, no one in the stands could see or hear us.”photo by Justin Black

PHOTO CREDITSPHOTO CREDITS

– Placement styles:On the right side of the photo flowing from

the bottom edge of the photo up in italics

Under the photo aligned with the right edge in italics

At the end of the caption in italics

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COPY – Day 10 sports captions. sports captions COPY A well-written caption provides the context for a picture by answering the who, what, when, where,