This is a free introduction to SPIES the Fritz Lang for Eduqs Film study - it is a support work book for the silent film section A Level exam

This is constructed for examination purposed for the UK exam boards for A Level UPDATED April 7 2024 workbook - in word doc [ Addition : making a link to the politics of pretty I have added a PPT which reflects students reading around the subject and idealogy - it has a quite difficult essay task but my students enjoyed it as some had read ’ women dont owe you pretty’ ] The workbook has been updated as I continue teaching this, with real world student input. I have dipped more into ideology- gender, misogyny, continued looking at the aesthetics of cuteness, and how spectator is constructed . There is a newer section on the ‘femme fatale’ PPT1 It is a focused on how meaning is made, spectatorship and ideology and the context [67 slides0 PPT 2 is focused on the ideology of being cute and #toxicmasculinty PPT 3 looks at some of the failures in the film - it’s a discussion prompt with several examples including the look alike to Bridget Bardot homage PPT1 suggests viewing broken down to 3 sessions - and has short and long writing task and some discussion breaks. It also has a selection of film shots for students to explore as well in depth of how meaning is made through soundtrack, costume, context and milennial ideas of feminism - however teachers can adapt to how they teach film /length of lessons With 67 slides - there is enough for about 10-12 one hour lessons [It does not teach basics of film, because no one teaching this, is likely be using it as their first text and cinematography basics would have been taught already! ] PPT1 has some useful links - which at January 2024 are active - and a short teaching rationale for teachers Please note I always charge very little for resources which takes hours to put together and therefore, respectfully ask you do not put my work online as your product :)

UPDATED 20 AUGUST 2020 This is work book intended for A Level students ( film study) using the current curriculum for Eduqas (WJEC) board with the first exams 2019. ( I think it is impossible to teach spectatorship witihout acknowledging casting choices in light of#blacklives matter and the wake of #metoo) Update includes an extra page towards the end on more sound information The resource focuses on Spectatorship, but assumes that some spectatorship has already been taught. As this film has attaracted over 50!! PHD thesis - I have got this down to what I think is a manageable 25 pages ( just under 6,500 words) with some student interaction, but all the interaction comes back to what will be the key question focus for the 2019 - 2021 exams with this film - spectatorship. The key scenes I have targeted are the coin toss, and the motel scene post Moss death, with sections on camera, lighting, costumes, and of course the Coen’s and Deakin. There are many themes one could chose - I have included Nihilism, religion , ageing, law and order, as they seem the most obvious and will I hope write up well in the exams. I have not done much focus on the acting because I have assumed that any teacher would easily identify that its realism, and method with the main three! I have left this as a word document - so you can alter adapt and personalise as you wish - or not if you choose - but I do ask that you do not distrubute this online.

This is only suitable as a revision lesson for An Inspector Calls It highlights easy to learn quotes , and has a plenary task for Eva/Daisy It is a lesson I have tweaked over the years and is especially suitable for students struggling with key ideas about the main characters.

I put the OCR marksheets into a word doc so I could play around with it more easily Eg student name - insert a detailed feedback after the level is awarded Comes from the board obviously - I put in bold what I think are the key words when marking Feedback most welcome

This is for students to revise expectations for Component 1. It reviews the marks awarded, the timings and the gritty specifics to Comp 1. This resource is only suitable for use with teacher guidance and is only accurate to GCSE after the Summer GCSE 2018. It is quite prescriptive with timings, and working smart with the question marks and Section B. It is an A3 format. Hope it helps.

This is a quick half lesson worksheet for AQA power and conflict Agard’s poem The worksheet reminds students to focus on key quotes - refresh analysis and to re-consider context. It is not a first wave introduction to the poem! The worksheet refers to a short youtube clip about ingrained racism ( Taikai Waititi’s parody 2 minutes long) to help students to connect to higher order ideas about humour being used to deflect serious issues

This is a PPT with some external links [ working at the time of upload] suitable for online or teacher assisted learning The PPT encourages the students to think about the role of the witches with Macbeth, and about how we might perceive different interpretations of witches It has a short writing task question

This is where maths meets English - this resouce tackles the maths in the marking and the bare bones focus on Section B AQA - ultimately students need a grade 4 and Sections B is worth half the marks The resources does not contain endless revision practise but explains each action, or inaction they take will have consequences on how marks, awarded positively can, or can not be achieved. It firmly suggests that the two papers section Bs worth 80/160 marks must be a priority, and if you are not teaching with that in mind, this won’t help you :) The PPt goes over the basics, examples some sentence startes for creative writing, and concludes with some quaisi provocative news articles to generate students having a point of view: it includes the news story about ‘john’ the primary teacher living out of his car [ jan 2024] I have always found this back to basics - this is how marks are scored - centres the weaker students on the 4 - this is not suitable for the students aiming for 6 and above - it is very suitable for EAL

This is a revision lesson, not an introduction lesson, which focuses on what if LONDON is the main poem for Power and Conflict in 2022? Or if you want to use LONDON for the conrast/compare poem! The PPT takes through ideas for students who have heard of pathos and logos for example, it has four practise questions, it condenses quotes to the main quotes, and easiest high level techniques. It has a comparogram slide for the students to self select what would work with LONDON ( and you can adapt that for any of the 15 poems!) Working through the PPT excluding the exam question practise would suit 60 to 90 minute lesson It also has a no jargon breakdown of the AOs

This is a one off lesson - about 60 to 90 minutes - and has links for students to do further reading which is why it could take 90 minutes. It has some excerpts from the controversial Ed West article in the Telegraph from 2011 which no longer seems to be online Primarily this is guided lesson, wherein the student task is to summarised what they have learned and do some independant learning Either class room or online There once was a teachit resource for the two newsaper articles [ back in 2017] but you would need to source that yourself!

This is a 20 slide PPT suitable of AS Level revision wit a focus on: humour context types of poetic style in the tale It has 7 questions that if answered in paragprahs will consolidate learning This is NOT an introduction PPT - it is REVISION

This is a workbook created for the Eduqas board current course ( first exam June 2019) This has been updated again September 2021 - with an extra 30 slide PPT reviewing context, the Hays Code, the tension between Old hollywood and Wilder’s vision, images of colour stills versus the back and white Updated 2020 and added quick fire PPTs - great for revision! It covers the broad range of ideas with the film: context, history, aesthetics, auteur, cinematography, male gaze, gender bender. It has a suggested main essay question, short work tasks, and various stills from the film It is not per se a viewing log, but should be used before during and after viewing.

This is for students studying THE BIG ISSUE [TBI] It includes references to the Sgt Pepper cover used in the 2021 November exam series. PPTs cover TBI going digital and the impact of covid Issue practise with Marcus Rushford Digital impact and key word practise: bricolage homage Theorist used Clay Shirkey

This is an information PPT - not especially interactive, I used for a very low level Year 10 - who were struggling with Sherlock Holmes and the context (Sign of F|our) - - I had them self select two important pieces of self selected information from the slides and then research from the last slide - no surprise what they gravitated to with screams of horror! [ spoiler alert contraception in the 19th century] and nearly as popular of course, Jack the Ripper and media students explored the media aspects of the influence of newspapers for cross curricula

This is workbook for Winters Bone suitable for Eduqas A Level new curriculum 2018+ addition to resource revision also for AS exams 2023 addition to resourcce revision PPT Feb 2021 This approximately 32+ pages - it is best used by being printed in colour. It has quite a bit of technical teaching for film - eg 3pt lighting, camera shot, costume. It is assumed that this film might be at the beginning of teaching A Level film and therfore introduces more techinical language. However, the prupose is to teach spectatorship and the work book is geared towards the Eduqas ( WJEC) a level A condition of purchase of thi resource is that it will not be shared on-line. It is supplied in word foramt so that you can personalise it.

UPDATED September 2021 The workbook is post June 2019 A Level exams: it focuses on Amy Winehouse Doco, and the rise of the digitl auteur in docomentary with some work on theory ( Moore and Longiotto ) Three PPTS, a 15 pages work book in WORD and a revision sheet. The workbook has breaks down how the doco was put together, with theory and some history of the documentary post 1942. The PPTs focus on terminology, what pulling apart the documentary entails for an exam question. The 2nd ppt looks at the rise of the digital auteur The third PPT looks at who Kapadia is: post winehouse, influences and statements he makes about the role of documentary - it should be a teacher led PPT, howeer, students could work through it online, producing long answer paragprahs to the questions -it will develop as stronger understanding of the director and purpose of AMY Updated AUGUST 2021 - my students achieved A* to C

This is a 22 page workbook to accompany the film viewing of HURTLOCKER with the spcialist viewing information from the board included. Students found this very helpful for revision and consolidating the big ideas but this work does assume students have a grounding in the language of film It hass response sections but students should build from these writing prompt sections, the basic response to anticipated film questions

This is a work book for Film studies - as the film has a high restricted rating, it is assumed this film is done in a Year 13 class after a year of film study - so this DOES NOT go over film language as it is assumed students have already been taught basics. The workbook is structured to explore auteur: Tarantino as the Director and, as Music sound track auteur which has become his trademark. It looks at trademark shots such as the trunk shot - the elliptical narrative, the role of discombobulated dialogue, the casting The work book could be use as part of a remote learning scheme, but would be better suited to explicit guided viewing. The role of how differently audiences react, hyper reality, binary theory is covered in questions students should respond to.

This is a series of 5 knowledge organisers which build sequentially from each other introducing the form of the play, acts, context and moving onto the complicated ideas about how/if this is a comedy. The 5th organiser focuses on Kates Act 5 speech and 3 of the organisers have prompt essay questions. I have also attached a teacher viewing sheet of online video verision which had working links checked in August 2022 - obviously these can change I also attach a copy of the 2012 Guardian review which is a helpful tool for classroom discussions.