Typed up key quotes for student revision.

Full student work book for essay.

Worksheet on Nettles.

How to complete a sufficiently detailed advert analysis for top grades. Works through each category for analysis; representation, media language, ideology etc. Hope it is useful- it took me ages! ( :</p>

A2 level analysis of a film trailer for the Da Vinci Code written by me which can easily be shown via Youtube. very detailed to be used as model for media analysis by AS and A2 students. includes- narrative, ideology, mise en scene/ media language/ representation/ institution etc

Magazines- basic audience theory power point

Excellent presentation on the characters- credit to another teacher for this. Sharing as it is really useful.

The Gold Cadillac resources.

‘The Cask of Amontillado’ by Edgar Allen Poe

The Art of Frank Miller powerpoint AS and A2 Media Studies resource; Sin City.

This resource has a powerpoint lesson presentation that I made this as a stimulus for discussion when constructing speeches / doing debate / working on persuasive writing. I hope it is useful ( :

This seller donates to charity. Specifically written for AQA GCSE Media Studies Unit 2, 'Investigating the Media' whereby students must "analyse and respond to media texts/ topics using the key media concepts and appropriate terminology; however the skills covered are necessary for all media students. This bundle will enable you to teach the key media concepts using an excellent documentary (which is freely available on YouTube) as your anchor point. Note- this pack does not look at documentary as a specific 'genre'. This pack would be great to introduce the key concepts or to consolidate knowledge. Plenty of Ofsted- friendly (booo) stuff in here too. Also useful for revision. The mark schemes provided are adapted from the AQA GCSE spec but, as noted, all specs require investigations and analyses of media products and the success criteria I have written is easily adaptable. This pack contains; - 76 slide PowerPoint covering the media focuses listed below - class tasks/ discussions - homework tasks - 3 exam style assessments with marking criteria grids provided for each (inspired by the AQA GCSE Media syllabus but easily adaptable for your own spec) - teacher notes Covers- - denotation and connotation - dvd cover analysis - mise en scene - music and sound - mode of address - genre conventions - ideology - camera shots - institution - narrative - representation

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This seller donates to charity. Please visit my TES shop to read customer reviews of other similar resources. ***FULL PACK*** to teach the ‘Communicating Information and Ideas’ section of the OCR GCSE English Language course. This pack uses the subject of the Columbine Massacre in 1999 to engage and enthuse the students. I have already used this pack with my own group and they found it really interesting. Please note: this pack enables students to work on the skills needed but only includes 20th century sources for the simple reason that only 20th century sources are relevant for this topic (in the exam students will have texts from 19th, 20th and 21st centuries). Includes; -21 page student booklet with various texts about the crime and a range of exam activities (both reading and writing). - 21 page power point presentation with tasks -Teacher notes Note: there is an AQA version of this resource available at my TES shop.

This seller donates to charity. WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER. For NQT’s and anyone who wants to make their marking totally easy, focused, productive and user- friendly for both themselves and their students. Say goodbye to arduous pointless marking. This resource contains 15 very detailed breakdowns of the requirements at each level for EACH of the individual assessment objectives for both paper 1 and paper 2 of the 2016 AQA GCSE English Language course. These have been carefully designed so that you can just highlight students’ levels rather than laboriously annotate work thereby cutting down on both marking time, and stress. The marking sheets can also be used for very productive self or peer assessment by students. I have had excellent feedback from those who have used these resources thus far. Please visit my TES shop to browse a range of resources for the new AQA GCSE English Language course. Contents: complete separate student- friendly marking sheets for each learning objective; PAPER 1 (Writer’s viewpoints and perspectives) AO1 Identify and interpret AO2 Explain and analyse language and structure AO3 Comparing texts AO4 Evaluate texts critically There is also a separate document just for structure. PAPER 2 (Explorations in creative reading and writing) AO1 Summarising AO2 Language Analysis AO3 Comparing Two texts AO5 Writing: content and organisation AO6 Writing: technical accuracy Please do browse my other resources and contact me directly with any queries. This will also help you break down your planning especially if you are an NQT- nothing wrong with taking an assessment objective at a time. Happy marking :) DISCLAIMER: THESE ARE MY OWN PERSONAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE MARK SCHEME. OFFICIAL MARK SCHEMES AVAILABLE AT AQA.ORG.UK

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This seller donates to charity. KEY MEDIA CONCEPTS AND THEORY ***FULL UNIT*** Great to grab the attention of your media students- using a fantastic crime documentary the students will work through a series of tasks to develop their understanding of the key media concepts. This huge bundle (full contents listed below) will enable you to teach the key media concepts using an excellent CRIME documentary (which is freely available on YouTube) as your anchor point. This pack would be great to introduce the key concepts or to consolidate knowledge. Plenty of Ofsted- friendly (booo) stuff in here too. Also useful for revision. Suitable for middle to higher ability GCSE and AS students. The mark schemes provided are adapted from the AQA spec but, as noted, all specs require investigations and analyses of media products and the success criteria I have written is easily adaptable. This pack contains; - 76 slide PowerPoint covering the media focuses listed below - class tasks/ discussions - homework tasks - 3 exam style assessments with marking criteria provided for each (inspired by the AQA GCSE Media syllabus but easily adaptable for your own spec) - teacher notes Covers- - denotation and connotation - dvd cover analysis - mise en scene - music and sound - mode of address - genre conventions - ideology - camera shots - institution - narrative - representation Note: you will need to screen the documentary which is around 80 minutes long so ensure you have adequate time. I also strongly advise you to watch it yourself prior to teaching the unit- it is a fantastic and inspiring documentary which will inevitably provoke debate among your students. It is important not to read anything about the documentary before watching. If you have any queries please don't hesitate to get in touch- happy to answer questions prior to purchase, Happy teaching!

Found this file online and find it useful so uploading. Collection of student responses to essay tasks on Xmas Carol. also contains exam question x1 I annotated

Aimed at key stage 4. short task sheet- students have to write a persuasive speech as though they are ‘V’ links to my other resource on V for Vendetta where students must analyse his speech- it is uploaded on here also.

Magazines unit