Sumários

Writing a response paper about TEXT 9.

29 Fevereiro 2024, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

In-class assignment: writing a response paper reacting to TEXT 9 "How Newsrooms Handle Graphic Images of Violence" (Nieman Reports).

Discussion of TEXTS 5, 6, and 8 continued. In-class summary writing.

26 Fevereiro 2024, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Discussion of TEXTS 5, 6, and 8 continued.

In-class summary writing: writing a summary of TEXT 9 "How Newsrooms Handle Graphic Images of Violence" (Nieman Reports).

Reminder: Discussion of TEXTS 3, 4, and 7 will be held on 4th March.

Discussion of Front Page shocking images: TEXTS 5, 6, and 8.

22 Fevereiro 2024, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Discussion of Front Page shocking images: students' oral reports and comments on their assigned text.

TEXT 5: Don’t Look Away: Photojournalists Are Documenting the Brutality of Russia’s War in Ukraine | Nieman Reports

TEXT 6: Harsh Visuals of War Leave Newsrooms Facing Tough Choices | The New York Times

TEXT 8: Opinion | It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore. | The New York Times

Headlines continued. TED talk "Photos that changed the world." Discussion of TEXTS 3 to 8.

19 Fevereiro 2024, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Syntactic ambiguity in headlines: analysing examples of garden-path sentences or crash blossoms.

Shared knowledge in headlines: discussing examples of headlines that are related to specific cultural references.

Watching the TED talk "Photos that changed the world" by Jonathan Klein.

Preparing a group discussion of TEXTS 3 to 8 based on a set of questions (see below).

Instructions:

Please read the text assigned to you and address the following questions:

Sum up the main ideas in your text.
Choose 2/3 passages/excerpts that address relevant aspects and be prepared to explain why you think the passages are important.
Make connections to other articles, TV shows, films, experiences, etc.; give your own views on the topics under discussion in the text.

Be prepared to report orally on the tasks related to your assigned text.

READING MATTERS TEXTS

TEXT 3: Are Newspapers Correct to Use Such Shocking Images on Their Front Pages|The Huffington Post UK

TEXT 4: Photo Editor’s Notebook: What Makes the Image of Omran Daqneesh Extraordinary’ |The New York Times

TEXT 5: Don’t Look Away: Photojournalists Are Documenting the Brutality of Russia’s War in Ukraine | Nieman Reports

TEXT 6: Harsh Visuals of War Leave Newsrooms Facing Tough Choices | The New York Times

TEXT 7: Facebook backtracks to allow iconic Vietnam War photo of child napalm victims | LA Times

TEXT 8: Opinion | It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore. | The New York Times

Headlines continued. "Crash Blossoms" (TEXT 10b).

15 Fevereiro 2024, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Headlines: deducing the language features of headlines (syntax, commonly used short words, and other headlinese rules) by checking the answers to the exercises on pages 18-19.

Reading and discussion of "Crash blossoms" (TEXT 10b). Syntactic ambiguity in headlines: analysing examples of garden-path sentences or crash blossoms. HOMEWORK: Do the exercise “Ambiguous headlines" (page 21).