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.
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).