What is a Photo Essay?

A photo essay is a series of photographs that, when assembled in a particular order, tell a
unique and compelling story. While some photographers choose only to use pictures in their
presentations, others will incorporate captions, comments, or even full paragraphs of text to
provide more exposition for the scene they are unfolding.
As the old saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words.”
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PERFORMANCE TASK:

1. You will be divided into groups

2. Choose one (1) topic from those listed below.
3. Take pictures that are related to the topic you have chosen. All photos that you will
use should be originally taken by the members of the team. Details of the photos
must be included below each photo such as time and place when and where the photo
was taken.
4. Then in a single WORD/PDF document, upload four (4) pictures that are most
interesting.
5. Construct intricate, emotionally-charged short/quick tales out of them by writing 2-3
sentences of caption under every photo that is related to the theme/topic you have
chosen. Captions should be OPINIONATED in nature..

6. Only the chosen leader of the team will upload the file. The chosen leader of the
team will put in the private comment section the names of the members. The leader
also has the power to rate each team member using a scale of 5-0 (5 as the highest
and 0 as the lowest) based on member participation and contribution.

5- highly participative and has made excellent contributions

4- participative and has made good contributions
3- somewhat participative and has done assignment but with average quality only
2- somewhat participative and has done assignment but with low quality
1-not so participative and has given very little contribution
0-did not participate at all

TOPICS TO CHOOSE FROM:

A. ROAD ELEVATION IN DAGUPAN CITY
B. THE UPCOMING BARANGAY ELECTIONS
C. OIL PRICE HIKE IN THE COUNTRY
D. SAME SEX MARRIAGE
E. JEEPNEY MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
RUBRIC FOR PHOTO ESSAY

Effective captions for the concepts and issues presented- 20 points (5 points each)
Photograph’s relevance to issue selected - 20 points (5 points each)
Grammar and spelling- 10 points
On time submission and adherence to instructions – 5 points
Peer evaluation - 5 points
TOTAL: 60 POINTS
SAMPLE OUTPUT but photos are taken from GOOGLE, your output should contain ORIGINAL
ones:
Disclaimer: Captions were just put for the sake of showing you the desired activity outcome.
Sources were put there for credits.

A winding road in Dagupan City, its elevation
mirroring the twists and turns of life's
challenges. Yet, with every climb, there's a
view worth the struggle, a reminder that the
path to success is never without its ups and
downs.
According to the latest survey from the PSA,
the country has 19.99 million individuals living
below the poverty threshold. Isn’t this a mirror
of the government’s performance, too?

This entails that many families are going This also entails that many families have
hungry. Many children are experiencing the dreams that remain to be dreams. Poverty is
need to work even at a young age just to the reality they have to wake up to every
have food on their plates. single day.