1. The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck
Names: (D)_____________________________(Rc)____________________________(Rp)__________________________________________________________________________________________
Group 1
“It’s the kids… A man can get hungry and it ain’t so bad. A man gets sick when the kids are hungry”
1.- What is the focal point of this photograph?
2.- How does the lighting draw your eye to the focal point?
3.- How do facial expressions and the caption contribute to the impact of the picture?
photograph 1

2. The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck
Names: (D)_____________________________(Rc)____________________________(Rp)__________________________________________________________________________________________
Group 2
“We just got in. Gonna work in the peas. Got a han’bill that says they’s good wages pickin’ peas”
1.- What details of Depression-era migrant worker life does this photograph record?
2.- What mood do the details establish?
3.- How does the essay text contribute to the photograph’s impression of migrant life ?
photograph 2

3. The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck
Names: (D)_____________________________(Rc)____________________________(Rp)__________________________________________________________________________________________
Group 3
1.- What information does the caption convey about the company ?
2.- Based on that information, what can you infer about the company?
3.- How does the the photograph contribute to the impression of the company you inferred from the caption ?
“The company lets us live in ‘em when we’re pickin’ cotton. When we ain’t workin’, we pay rent. Water’s comin’ up in ‘em now.”
photograph 3

4. The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck
Names: (D)_____________________________(Rc)____________________________(Rp)__________________________________________________________________________________________
Group 4
1.- What role does the presence of the children play in the impact of this photograph ?
2.- How does the caption affect this impact? Explain your answer.
3.- What mood is established and what elements in the photograph help establish this mood? Explain your answer.
“We got to have a house when the rains come...jus’ so’s it’s got a roof and a floor. Just to keep the Little fellas off’n the groun’. ”
photograph 4

5. The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck
Names: (D)_____________________________(Rc)____________________________(Rp)__________________________________________________________________________________________
Group 5
1.- Why do you think the photographer did not crop or cut the background figure?
2.- How does the caption affect this photograph? Explain your answer.
3.- What mood is established and what elements in the photograph help establish this mood? Explain your answer.
“The whole thing’s nuts. There’s work to do and people to do it, but them two can’t get together. There’s food to eat and people to eat it, and them two can’t get together neither.”
photograph 5

6. The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck
Names: (D)_____________________________(Rc)____________________________(Rp)__________________________________________________________________________________________
Group 6
1.- From this photograph and caption, what might you gather about people’s attitudes toward their circumstances?
2.- How might the photographer’s vantage point be said to contribute to this idea.
3.- How would you compare the message of this photograph and caption to the present day.
“She’s awful pretty. An’ she been to high school. She could help a man with figuring and stuff like that.”
photograph 6

7. The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck
(D) Director: Leads the discussion. Assigns numbers to participants to who take turns.
(Rc) Recorder: Takes notes.
(Rp) Reporter: Makes sure everyone’s opinion has
been included.
Reports to the class.

8. The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck What to discuss?
Every participant take turns to say what he
1.- sees
2.- thinks and
3.- feels after seeing/ analyzing the photograph and caption.
The Director assigns the turns, the Recorder takes notes in the sheet provided. The Reporter makes sure everyone’s opinion has been included. Then, the Reporter will report to the class.

9. The Grapes of Wrath
By John Steinbeck
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10. The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck
1.- Write a 50 word reflection after every reporter speaks
(Images projected)
2.- Write a 50 Word general reflection about how you can compare your photograph or any of the other 5 photographs to any event happening in the world today.