I am an English, Media and Film Studies Teacher. All my resources aim to be inclusive and exciting for students and for teachers. With my love of educational research, I have tried to apply pedagogical practices to the resources created. Please leave me review and comment - would love to make improvements!
I am an English, Media and Film Studies Teacher. All my resources aim to be inclusive and exciting for students and for teachers. With my love of educational research, I have tried to apply pedagogical practices to the resources created. Please leave me review and comment - would love to make improvements!
This is jam-packed SOW that covers THREE areas: research & planning, production of short film/ digital stills, and evaluative analysis.
Within the research & planning unit, topics covered are: analysis of all eight specified short films, narrative structure (McKnee), mise-en-scene and genre.
As for the production unit, topics covered are: scriptwriting, dialogue, location recce, risk assessment, character development, costume, make-up, casting, lightin, editing, composition, shooting scripts, storyboarding and screen testing.
Lastly, within the evaluatuve analysis unit, lessons are focused on: planning (with planning sheets), developing a writing style, scaffolding for writing introduction, main body paragraphs and the conclusion.
I have used current resources from Studiobinder, Masterclass and many more online articles and videos to keep the unit current. Enjoy!
This is a jampacked scheme of work that goe sthrough each scene of Macbeth. With differentiated tasks and worksheets to support students learning of the Shakespearean tradegy. starting from underpinning the context of a tragedy all the way through to the finale scene of the texts. Plus, there are reading slides to support class reading of the play. Good luck!
There are two units:
Research and Planning
Statement of Intent
The research and planning unit is split into teaching slides and student slides. Each presentation aims to focus on each feature of the brief and specification. Whilst designed with the 2023 specification, slides can be tweaked for future briefs.
The statement of intent lessons use the specification and facilitate students drafting their work.
This ‘How to…’ bundle is a warm up to the skills students need to exercise in English. From identifying language features to using full stops correctly. More lessons will be added; this is a good taster!
A quick five slide start into how to… annotate a poem. Students can work through each step independently or they can be guided through each step with a teacher. All the best!
This bundle gives you:
An Inspector Calls
Power & Conflict Poetry
Love & Relationships Poetry
Each booklet has a range of revision activities, with over 5 exam questions each. Students are given PEEZL scaffolds as well as guidance in their academic writing.
Tried and tested in the classroom! This character profile for Lady Macbeth allows student to get all their notes in one place!
Please comment and review!
Printable on ONE A4 sheet, these character flashcards focus on three areas:
Summary
Quotations
Contextual Links
There is one bonus flashcard with information on J.B Priestley.
These flashcards have been designed to support weaker learners grasping key information for the AQA English Literature Paper 2 exam.
This worksheet is best A3 as students can consider the key assessment objectives when answering an exam question. This sheet is specific to the modern prose section. There is a modelled example on the second sheet to support students gaining the most from the work sheet.
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This scheme of work looks to engage students in both Section A: Reading and Section: Writing. As for the reading section, there is a breadth of literature that gives students the opportunity to exercise each of skills mentioned in the AQA specification. Good luck!
This SOW includes 20 lessons with the following:
Range of fictional extracts
Self assessment sheets with AQA exemplars
Writing guides
Range of writing techniques explored
Example writing
SO MUCH MORE!
This 40 page revision booklet focuses on:
Radio One Live Lounge
MOJO magazine
Uptown Funk, Bruno Mars ft Mark Ronson
If I Were a Boy, Beyonce
The Observer
There are a range of activities from revision worksheets, exam practice pages, information collation and SO MUCH MORE!
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This is quick and easy mini-lesson on how to identify language features. Students can guide themselves through the slides or they can be guided step-by-step. Examples texts have been included, with a few language features to warm up those skills!
An eight page revision pack made for OCR GCSE Media Studes - Paper 1, Television. With the focus texts of The Avengers (S4, E1) and Cuffs (S1, E1). This resource covers: narrative, characters, micro-elements and practice exam questions.
As a part of the promotional media unit for OCR GCSE Media Studies, here are the first FIVE lessons. These lessons cover foundational content for studying The Lego Movie, in particular ‘Film Industry’. Further to this, students have the opportunity to start their analysis of the UK trailer and film poster.
A clear structured lesson guiding students reading of My Last Duchess. Annotations have been included with a small focus on structure. To complete the lesson is a debate statement.
Here is a video that yo can pause, discuss and play.
There are opportunities to go further by looking on the Earth Day website and even immerse students in David Attenborough’s Blue Planet.
a colourful glossary of the language features, sentence types. This is a great resources for Question 2, English Language Paper 1. Also a good reminder for students studying Question 3, English Language 2.