Extensive bundle, Related / Personal Study OCR & Edexcel, format, weekly plan, writing guides, more

Related Study Form and Guide – Graphic Communication

THIS GUIDE IS WRITTEN FOR THE RELATED STUDY (OCR) BUT WORKS EQUALLY AS WELL FOR THE PERSONAL STUDY (EDEXCEL). YOU WILL JUST NEED TO CHANGE RELATED TO PERSONAL ON THE DOCUMENTS.

This extensive bundle will lead your students through the related study via an essay format across six weeks.

At my six form college we ask all students to complete their related study this way as we believe that essay or report writing is a key skill for both university and the work places. We find the majority of students engage well, with those few who struggle with written work being awarded in most cases a minimum of 12 out of 24 marks (OCR) as the format ensures they cover key aspects of the marking criteria.

The format of the study is as follows;

• An Introduction
• A Historical and Contextual Overview of their topic
• Three case studies looking closely at specific artists, brands, genera’s of design etc
• A Conclusion
• A Bibliography

Additionally there is a section between the conclusion and bibliography to be completed at the end of the practical project that links their research to their practical work.

A note about word count: Studetns in the A*-B ra

Weekly Plan
My weekly structure is below so you can see how this works. You can follow this or adapt to your own year plans as needed. I complete this at the end of year 12 so the draft is completed before the summer and before students start year two.

Week One

Teaching/work set
• Show examples of past projects and related studies.
• Discuss Ideas and options.
• Leave students to research and submit ideas over the next two weeks, ready to start work after the half term

Resources (downloads)
• Graphics Starting points (This is based on projects completed at my college, this can be edited / adapted to suit projects more likely to be produced wherever you teach)
• Examples of Related Studies

Week Two
SUMMER HALF TERM – This gives students more time to research, change and confirm ideas.

Week Three

Teaching/work set
• Final agreement of title and case studies
• Explain the layout
• Complete Case Studies One and Two
• Explain the purpose of a bibliography and how to complete it

Resources (downloads)
• Related Study Layout (Give a digital copy to all students, they will use this to build their study)
• Guide to writing a case study

Week Four

Teaching/work set
• Complete Case Study three
• Write the introduction

Resource (downloads)
• Guide to witting the introduction

Week Five

Teaching/work set
• Research the Historical and Contextual Overview

Resource (downloads)
• Guide to witting the Historical and Contextual Overview

Week Six

Teaching/work set
• Write up the Historical and Contextual Overview research
• Write the conclusion

Resource (downloads)
• Guide to witting the conclusion

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Additional Resource (downloads)
• A guide to writing the My Project section