a collection of warm up activities for use in creative writing.

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.

A lesson encouraging students to decide on immediate, short, id and long term goals for their start in a new school. Students use the Taget shaped worksheet to record these and decorate for a wall display. These can be refered back to throughout the year to check progress. Numeracy task included: How many learning oppertunities in one school year?

Lesson introducing the idea of Semiotics including Iconic, Indexical and Symbolic Signs

Students identify key information given in famous novel openings and then respond creatively to various stimuli images.

Lesson introducing the 4 set products for section B of the new 9-1 GCSE media course. Students use the fact sheet provided to make initial investigations into the audiences for and industries behind each product.

2-3 hours of lessons (dependent on group) in order to prepare for Spectre as a set product in Component 1 Section B. Learning Intentions: To study the media industries behind Spectre. To explore the box office success of the film To consider how Spectre is regulated. To explore product placement in the film To explore the website for Spectre. To respond to exam style questions.

Used with KS3 to create poetry about love using simile and metaphor. Bronze, Silver and Gold LLO's provided

Exploring regulation of different sectors and getting students to make judgements on why media products have been subject to regulation.

A 23 page booklet providing students with areas of study required for the new Eduqas (WJEC) Media Studies GCSE Sitcoms theme from Component 2. Includes mock style questions based on (but not the same as) SAMs materials. **Updated to account for the change from Kimmy Schmidt to The IT Crowd.**

A one hour lesson introducing the Uses and Gratifications Theory using Gogglebox as exemplar. New Eduqas style GCSE question used for plenary.

PPT covering: Conglomerate Commercial Public Service Broadcaster Vertical Integration Diversification

Worksheet that guides students in a close analysis of any given quotation. Central box for chosen quotation. Open space for annotation. Box of differentiated sentence stems to guide analysis.

6 worksheets (2 per A4 sheet) used as an introduction to the topics: Plurals, Suffix, Prefix, Homophone, Antonym and Synonym. Includes Stretch activities for more able students.

Booklet guiding students through this set CSP from AQA. Teach guidance also provided.

A lesson introducing the use of Discourse Markers to aid in writing to persuade/argue.

Starter re-introduces effective opening, changing focus, zooming in, simile, metaphor and personification in a card sort style. Following this students view three short films in turn writing a paragraph of description based on the journey of a character. Students verbally feedback after each with opportunity to discuss good examples. Plenary is a self assessment task to show how many techniques they have shown to master in the lesson.

Workbooks for studying Episode 1 of The Walking Dead, Episode 1 of Pushing Daisies and the film Pleasantville.\n\nThese booklets cover media platforms and sectors, regulation, and constructional analysis allowing for application and revision of key media terms for the Unit 1 exam.

A 5 page workbook that helps students analyse the radio play of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The activities especially focus on sound and its effect.

A work book that models Case Studies for both areas of AQA MEST3 Section B. Identity and the MediaandThe Impact of New and Digital Media. Also gives planning pages for students and an area for teachers to feed back.