Media Ms (english sideline)
Currently teaching English and Media Studies with the occasional foray into Humanities.
Featured resources
Practice SPaG Booklet. Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar.
A workbook including activities on:
• Common spelling errors
• Correcting Spelling Mistakes
• Punctuation examples
• Homophones
• Synonyms
• Making plurals
• Tense Mistakes
• Homophone correction
• Punctuation Missing
Could be broken up for starters or used as a longer homework project,
BUNDLE
Introduction to Media Studies GCSE (eduqas)
A series of lessons introducing key concepts of media studies to students.
Lessons created to reflect the requirements of the 9-1 Eduqas specification.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas FULL SOW incl. PPTs
Each lesson includes:
Do Now/Bell Work Starters.
Modelling of answers.
Stretch and challenge oppertunities.
Differentiated leveled learning outcomes.
13 lessons + assessment.
Media Studies: Introduction to TV Genres
3 lessons worth of content.
Learning Intentions:
Define different TV Genres and their codes and conventions.
Define Hybrid Genres
Understand the audience appeal of different TV Genres
Create a guide to TV Genres
Slam Poetry: An Introduction
Lesson introducing the concept of Slam/Spoken word with links to useful examples culminating in students creating their own slam poems.
Introduction to Accelerated Reader Student Lesson ZPDs and Quizzing
Lesson that introduces the concepts of ZPD (choosing an appropriate leveled book) and quizzes.
Used to encourage competition and engagement.
Semiotics Lesson: Media Studies
Lesson introducing the idea of Semiotics including Iconic, Indexical and Symbolic Signs
News Values and Agendas: Media Studies
Lesson exploring the values of the news with a short case study on the coverage of Madeline McCann.
Violence: Media Studies
Lesson exploring ideas on violence in the media including theory from Potter and Gitlin.
Globalisation: Media Studies
PPT introducing the concepts of Globalisation, Post Colonialism, Diaspora Identity and Cultural Imperialism.
BUNDLE
Eduqas GCSE media Components 1, 2 and 3
Resources for teaching and assessing all sources in Comp 1 and for Comp 2 featuring:
Situation comedy (Sec A)
and
MJ, Taylor Swift and Pharrell Williams (Sec B)
Mock Comp 3 project included
Introduction to Contemporary Poetry Booklet
8 page booklet that revises poetic techniques and studies 3 poems:
- Education for Leisure
- Kid
- Impressions of a New Boy
Students are guided through annotation into selecting and analysing features in order to develop long-form written answers.
Introduction to War Poetry Booklet
8 page booklet which revises poetic techniques and analyses 3 poems:
- Anthem for Doomed Youth
- Dulce et Decorum est
- Who's for the game
Students are to identify techniques in poems and respond to analytical questions that scaffold towards long form written responses.
Analysis of poetry: Kid by Simon Armitage
Worksheet to introduce the poem to low ability students. Annotation for key features followed by questioning on themes and use of techniques.
Creative writing: Starter collection/DO NOW/Bell Work
a collection of warm up activities for use in creative writing.
Analysis of Poetry: Impressions of a New Boy
Double sided work sheet designed for students to identify poetic techniques and consider their effect.
Scaffolded questions lead toward written paragraphs of analysis.
BUNDLE
Eduqas GCSE Media Component 2 SoW with assessements
Extensive booklet covering UKS and Friends.
PPT lessons (11 hours in total) on Music video:
Taylor Swift
Pharrell Williams
Michael Jackson
Plus two half mocks and one full (With mark schemes)
Eduqas GCSE Media Component 2 Section A Mock (not SAMs) The IT Crowd
Mock of section A (Comp 2) based on extract of The IT Crowd with full mark scheme.
Poetry Techniques: Terminology
Lesson introducing key terms for analyzing poetry. Card sort followed by the consolidation of the terms on a handy reference sheet. Students then identify where they can find the techniques in the given poems.
Introduction to photoshop
PPT that teachers tasks including:
Clone stamp
Healing brush
Removing backgrounds
Resize
Crop
Alter brightness and contrast
Add blur
Clearly detailed with practice images for students.
Getting to know you: Tutor Time activities
Useful 1 hour lesson for new form groups.
Warm up: Wink Murder
Task 1: Student Bingo
Task 2: Walk a mile in my shoes - a student information sharing task.
Lou Gherig Speech. DAFOREST analysis.
Worksheet exploring the speech of Lou Gherig at his retirement from baseball.
Students identify DAFOREST techniques before planning and writing an exam style response.
Introduction to Broadcast: The Walking Dead: Mise en Scene
For use with S1E1 of TWD.
Booklet with various activities followed by analytical question response with model answer.
Creating a Camera Obscura
Lesson for photography/media or even science exploring how the camera lens works and how to create a basic obscura.