Revision PP and accompanying handout

GCSE Media Studies exam for June 2014. Includes a sample brief. Not quite finished but here's what I&' ve done so far...

In preparation for the AQA GCSE Media Studies Music Press exam. The students need to cover online too, so the mock accomodates this.

Created by an assistant headteacher with both pastoral and curriculum responsibilities, this resource is based on extensive stakeholder voice throughout the lockdown period of March-July 2020. This booklet was designed to support the ‘Recovery Curriculum’ (Carpenter 2020) in the autumn term. It is underpinned by 4 main learner attributes which pull together aspects of self-care, caring for others, resilience, developing metacognition and independent study. It is in booklet form in anticipation of possible further school closures and can be worked through without any input from the form tutor (although form tutor input is ideal, of course). Pupils are asked to evaluate themselves at the beginning and the end of the booklet, setting themselves targets to be met by the end of the autumn term. Both of these points in the booklet will require some extended tutor time (45-60 mins). Every other activity has its own page and it is envisaged that a page a week is covered (perhaps 20-30 minutes of tutor time each week). There is no additional planning required by the form tutor or Head of Year. Each weekly activity forms a solid basis for an assembly to further support the recovery curriculum and it is also hoped that class teachers will make reference to the learner profile and weekly activities in their lessons to further strengthen this.

9 PDF help sheets to support SPaG, including capital letters, apostrophes and speech marks. Originally designed for KS3 as starter activities, these are ideal for helping pupils focus their proofreading. Gender neutral and considerate of pupil well-being, they are great for classroom display.

A mini-unit for Year 7, exploring different cultures (this can follow my introduction to poetry unit for Year 7 but is just as useful by itself for: A student presentation on their own culture preparation for autobiographical writing It covers a short story about a refugee from Tehran, a story of a migrant from the Dominican Republic to New York City and some work around Dickens’ London.

Originally designed to support Edexcel GCSE Lang Paper 2 but revised for Year 9 intro unit. Covers autobiographical writing, persuasive writing, news reports, letters.

A mini-unit, used as an introduction to poetry for Year 7s. Everything required is on the slides. Pupils create their own anthology. Includes ‘Blessing’ by Imtiaz Dharker and ‘Island Man’ by Grace Nicols.

A half term’s worth of word of the week displays. These are shared via tutor time and assemblies at the beginning of the week and are linked to the rewards system.

A comprehensive unit which covers both reading and writing in the genre. All corresponding worksheets are clearly labeled and linked to slides. Designed for Year 9 but could easily work for Year 8.

AQA GCSE Media Studies Exam Unit 1 Music Press: Print & Online The mock exam and prelim task is a bit different to the one I uploaded a few months ago. It's very possible the students will be asked to produce a contents page or a homepage.