- Identify the topic of the text.
- Explain the writer’s choices in relation to the genre of the text.
- Describe the writer’s purpose.
- Explain the writer’s choices in relation to the audience, purpose, and/or subject of the text.
- Determine the historical and/or cultural context of the text.
- Articulate the core idea of the text.
- Summarize details of the text that are relevant to the core idea.
- Support your analysis of the core idea with evidence from the text.
- Include at least one quote from the text.
- Explain how this evidence supports the core idea.
his assignment asks you to watch a documentary film and respond to the ideas in it by creating a self-portrait photograph and writing a response
his assignment asks you to watch a documentary film and respond to the ideas in it by creating a self-portrait photograph and writing a response essay. To start, view the film Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People on Kanopy. Note: a portion of this