A diverse and detailed unit focused upon basic skills that is ideal as an introductory unit for the AQA GCSE Media Studies specification. This unit focuses upon the basic skills of film, print media, music and gaming. This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 15 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 93 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (21 sheets) Unit's lessons include: * Introduction to the AQA GCSE Media Studies course requirements * Introduction to the four key concepts * Activity focused on pupils' own consumption of media texts * Detailed research into the history of the media - creating a timeline of people, technology and institutions * Applying Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to film media * Introduction of camera shots, angles and movement * Film terminology 'speed-dating' to introuce key media language * Analysing a mise-en-scene * Analysing a film trailer: genre conventions and audience appeal * Creating genre-specific typography and writing a commentary * Analysing logos and slogans * Exploring stereotypes in the media * Music industry terminology and genre features * Analysing a CD album sleeve: genre conventions and audience appeal * The history ofvideo gaming * Video gaming genres and gratifications * Analysing a video game cover: genre conventions and audience appeal

A challenging and detailed unit focused upon Dickens' classic 'Great Expectations'! This unit has been created specifically to intigrate KS4 skills into the KS3 curriculum to prepare students for the rigors of the new 100% exam GCSE specification, particularly the 19th Century Texts requirement of both English Literature and English Language. The unit works particularly well with higher ability or gifted Year 8 or 9 students. The unit focuses upon how Miss Havisham is presented as a disturbed character in Chapters 8, 11, 29 and 38. The unit culminates in an end-of-unit reading and writing exam styled upon the 2017 GCSE Specifications for English Language and English Literature. This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 24 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 110 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (16 sheets) * Teacher copies of key chapter extracts, annotated in meticulous detail * Homework project (6 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills * End-of-unit reading/writing exam * End-of-unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4-8, with GCSE 1-9 coversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts cloze activity * Mapping the characters of the novel and their relationships * Storyboarding the novel * Reading and analysing the key chapters * Analysing how Miss Havisham is presented as disturbed * Exploring Miss Havisham's psychology * Exploring mental illness in the 19th century * Structuring an essay response * In role writing as Miss Havisham * Creative writing inspired by an image * Huge 60-question revision quiz * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * End-of-unit reading exam (GCSE English Language/Literature style) * End-of-unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher/peer/self assessment opportunities