A lesson showing students how to analyse the special effects of TV news. Using a mnemonic to help them remember the different components of moving image products, this PowerPoint and handout introduces the different types of special effects of TV news e.g. idents, graphics etc, applying them to BBC News at 6 (YouTube link within the PowerPoint). The word doc may need some re-formatting. Please read the notes section at the bottom of the PowerPoint when it edit view for guidance for each slide. This PowerPoint and activity is suitable for a 1 hour lesson and has been created for the WJEC GCSE Media exam (June 2018). More PowerPoints to follow.

A lesson showing students how to analyse the camerawork of TV news. Using a mnemonic to help them remember the different components of moving image products, this PowerPoint and handout introduces the different camerawork and footage of TV news, applying them to BBC News at 6 (YouTube link within the PowerPoint). The word doc may need some re-formatting. Please read the notes section at the bottom of the PowerPoint when it edit view for guidance for each slide. This PowerPoint and activity is suitable for a 1 hour lesson and has been created for the WJEC GCSE Media exam (June 2018). More PowerPoints to follow.

Engage your students in maths word problems with The Crazy Whiteboard - Zombie attack! Perfect for Halloween, students take turns to try and stop the rapidly shuffling PowerPoint presentation on one of the ‘antidote’ slides, solving the word problems along the way. Even the most reluctant learner will want a go at trying to be the class hero by stopping the zombie plague! The PowerPoint contains 30 slides, each with a stunningly illustrated zombie theme. There are also 3 fun slides to get your students - and you - out of your seat and doing something a little bit crazy like impersonating a zombie or playing zombie statues! The Crazy Whiteboard works great in a number of contexts: as a fun filler, a revision exercise, or even as the basis of a lesson on basic operations. Either way, your students will be desperate to have a go at stopping the ZOMBIE ATTACK! Included: 30+ slide PowerPoint with maths word problems. Answer sheet for the PowerPoint in PDF format. Instruction sheet in PDF format. The ability to change the problem on each slide.

Engage your students in maths multiplication and division problems with The Crazy Whiteboard - Zombie attack! Perfect for Halloween, students take turns to try and stop the rapidly shuffling PowerPoint presentation on one of the ‘antidote’ slides, solving the problems along the way. Even the most reluctant learner will want a go at trying to be the class hero by stopping the zombie plague! The PowerPoint contains 30 slides, each with a stunningly illustrated zombie theme. There are also 3 fun slides to get your students - and you - out of your seat and doing something a little bit crazy like impersonating a zombie or playing zombie statues! The Crazy Whiteboard works great in a number of contexts: as a fun filler, a revision exercise, or even as the basis of a lesson on basic operations. Either way, your students will be desperate to have a go at stopping the ZOMBIE ATTACK! Included: 30+ slide PowerPoint with multiplication and division problems. Answer sheet for the PowerPoint in PDF format. Instruction sheet in PDF format. The ability to change the problem on each slide.

This simple zombie-themed card game has been developed to help make learning times-tables fun! The times-table facts have been divided into three sets of colour-coded cards based upon their level of difficulty. Students choose or are allocated their difficulty level and given a set time to try and destroy all 12 of the zombies in their set. They do this by giving the correct answer to the times-table sum shown on the card, causing the 'zombie' to be discarded. If they get it wrong, the zombie returns to the deck to be encountered again and again until it is destroyed - unless the time runs out! A simple, fun way to get students revising the times tables facts. Also, great for differentiation as the teacher can set the difficulty level and time. The 36 cards are provided on A4 sheets so will need printing back to back, or gluing together. An instruction sheet written for students is also provided. The 1 x, 2 x, 5 x, and 10 x tables are not included as the game is designed to improve recall of the more challenging time table facts.

A lesson showing students how to analyse the mise en scene of TV news. Using a mnemonic to help them remember the different components of moving image products, this PowerPoint and handout defines mise en scene and then uses two examples to demonstrates how to deconstruct it . The word doc may need some re-formatting. Please read the notes section at the bottom of the PowerPoint when it edit view for guidance for each slide. This PowerPoint and activity is suitable for a 1 hour lesson and has been created for the WJEC GCSE Media exam (June 2018). More PowerPoints to follow.

PREVIEW IMAGES AVAILABLE AT https://sites.google.com/view/mediamnemonics/home As revision for WJEC GCSE Media, this resource uses mnemonics to help students understand and REMEMBER the following key areas of the newspaper exam: The 12 features of newspaper front pages The 8 headline techniques The 10 News Values Each PowerPoint introduces the concept with a range of examples, all defined, and then provides a visual and written mnemonic to enable students to RECALL ALL 30 key terms on demand. In addition to the 3 lengthy PowerPoints, a presentation is also provided that introduces mnemonics and memory techniques, ideal for a Year 11 assembly as students embark on their revision programme. Please could you review if you buy - many thanks. Further support and guidance is available via mediamnemonics@gmail.com

PREVIEW IMAGES AVAILABLE AT https://sites.google.com/view/mediamnemonics/home An entertaining PowerPoint presentation that introduces students to memory techniques (mnemonics) to help make their revision more effective. The 18 slide presentation includes links to YouTube clips on memory as well as the work of Daniel T. Willingham, B.A. Ph. D, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. It also includes a fun activity that demonstrates the power of images when revising. This would make an excellent start to the revision process, or even an assembly for Year 11 students as they begin the exam season. The final slide also provides links to a range of YouTube videos that both teachers and students would find useful - or inspiring! Further support and advice is available via mediamnemonics@gmail.com.

An introduction to Stuart Hall's Audience Reception Theory , with a very memorable (if a little rude - we use the word 'shart'!) mnemonic to make it stick! Newspaper front pages are used to define the theory, so this would be particularly useful for the WJEC Media GCSE exam. PREVIEW IMAGES AVAILABLE AT https://sites.google.com/view/mediamnemonics/home

PREVIEW IMAGES AVAILABLE AT https://sites.google.com/view/mediamnemonics/home An introduction to the 8 headline techniques, followed by a mnemonic to enable your students to recall them. An excellent revision aid, especially for the WJEC GCSE Media syllabus. This PowerPoint is also available as part of a bundle of 4 PowerPoints which includes mnemonics for the 12 front page features, 10 news values, as well as an introduction to the principle of mnemonics (great for an assembly).

PREVIEW IMAGES AVAILABLE AT https://sites.google.com/view/mediamnemonics/home An introduction to the main 10 news values, followed by a mnemonic to enable your students to recall them. An excellent revision aid, especially for the WJEC GCSE Media syllabus. This PowerPoint is also available as part of a bundle of 4 PowerPoints which includes mnemonics for the 12 front page features, 8 headline techniques, as well as an introduction to the principle of mnemonics (great for an assembly).

For the uninitiated, Photoshop can be a nightmare - especially if you need to get your students to produce top quality coursework. But in reality there are only a certain number of skills you actually need. These 5 handouts give your students the essential skills to be able to produce a top quality magazine cover, contents page or article. It takes them through the stages step by step, with screen grabs to indicate which tools they should be using. These are the handouts I have used for 3 years to help generate A grade GCSE and A Level work. 1. Cutting out images (so you can overlap the masthead and create montages on the front page) 2. Creating consistent section and article headings on a contents page 3. Creating a contents page ensuring it is in columns and also showing how to download cool fonts 4. Using the mask tool to place a model over the masthead without having to cut them out 5. Running text around a shape and adding drop caps, for example at the start of an article Disclaimer: They do assume a little knowledge and initiative!

A double sided A3 Revision mat designed specifically for the WJEC GCSE Media exam. Side 1 - Section A of the exam - Newspapers. Newspaper front page features, audiences, institutions and representation. Mnemonics (memory tools) included. Side 2 - Section B of the exam. Radio News. Planning and writing a news bulletin, BBC Newsbeat case study, and institutional issues (OFCOM, convergence). Print it on A3 (double sided) then laminate. The perfect resource to have on each table as your revise for this year's news exam. Use alongside my revision PowerPoints or as a standalone revision tool. This is for the June 2017 exam.

A 7 page booklet with activities covering some of the main aspects of film promotion - trailers and posters - with mnemonics to remember the key terms.

A hands on practical lesson in PowerPoint form ideal for teaching the principle of news selection and construction. This has proven to be one of my most successful lessons in enabling students to grasp some complex theory by working as editorial teams to select from a list of REAL events to construct a front page. Their product is then compared to the real thing! This also enables them to revise their knowledge of key terms including: Masthead, Headline, Standfirst, Secondary Story, Caption, Copy and Splash. This is ideal preparation for the WJEC GCSE Media Section A News exam.

A PowerPoint mock exam and past paper questions (Word doc) for the WJEC GCSE Media News Exam (Section A). The PowerPoint gives step by step advice on what to include for each question, as well as model answers, with the students encouraged to take notes. Then the students use the notes to have a go at the exam. This is ideal for a two hour lesson, with 15 minutes prep for each question, then 15 minutes to answer it. This has been used with my two year 11 exam groups, with the questions based on previous exams. You also receive a word document containing the actual exam questions from 2014 to 2016, with predictions on what will come up this year based on these past papers.

A PowerPoint lesson walking students through a mock exam question concerning narrative theory from Section A of the WJEC GCSE Media exam. A link to a BBC News bulletin is provided within the PowerPoint. Students are also given exemplar notes on Todorov and Strauss to help them prepare their answer. Please read the notes section at the bottom of the PowerPoint when it edit view for guidance for each slide. This PowerPoint and activity is suitable for a 45 minute - 1 hour lesson and is lesson 13 in a series created for the WJEC GCSE Media exam (June 2018). For more lessons on TV news and much much more, please visit the mediamnemonics shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/mediamnemonics

A PowerPoint lesson walking students through a mock exam question from Section A of the WJEC GCSE Media exam. A link to a BBC News bulletin is provided within the PowerPoint. Students are also given a notes table to help them prepare their answer. The lesson ends with a model answer. The key theory areas for this question / lesson are news selection, news values, uses and gratifications theory, and Gauntlett’s Pick and Mix theory. Please read the notes section at the bottom of the PowerPoint when it edit view for guidance for each slide. This PowerPoint and activity is suitable for a 45 minute - 1 hour lesson and is lesson 12 in a series created for the WJEC GCSE Media exam (June 2018). For more lessons on TV news and much much more, please visit the mediamnemonics shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/mediamnemonics