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.

Students read a poem, identify word classes and techniques used. They then create one short analysis (could be extended to more) before brainstorming their own winter themes and planning lines for their own composition. Still learning, but celebrating the snowy/icy/just plain cold season!

Booklet exploring Letter to the Free as a set product for AS Media Studies. Designed to lead students through the product into applying media theory. Teacher booklet with some suggested answers included.

Students to analyse media language used in various stills from Elf before defining the audience and reviewing the film. A great support to an end of term viewing of Elf.

Lesson exploring the concepts of Agenda Setting, Framing and Myths. For use with AS Media

Booklet guiding students through the Maybelline CSP with teacher booklet for indicative content.

Lesson that introduces the concepts of ZPD (choosing an appropriate leveled book) and quizzes. Used to encourage competition and engagement.

Lesson exploring the values of the news with a short case study on the coverage of Madeline McCann.

PPT introducing the concepts of Globalisation, Post Colonialism, Diaspora Identity and Cultural Imperialism.

Lesson exploring ideas on violence in the media including theory from Potter and Gitlin.

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.

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.

Easy to cut up and give to students, in order for them to structure feedback to be constructive. Sucessess can be identfied using check lists which then go on to shape constructive comments.

Students begin by 'warming up' the vocabulary given on worksheet. Lesson then develops to allow students to respond to stimuli images and culminates in peer assessment.

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

2-3 hours of lessons (dependent on group) in order to prepare for Pokémon Go as a set product in Component 1 Section B. Learning Intentions: To consider the demographic for Pokémon Go To apply the Uses and Gratifications Theory to Pokémon Go To discover the institution behind Pokémon Go To explore the regulation of Pokémon Go To respond to exam style questions about Pokémon Go

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.

Students will recap simile, metaphor and personification before exploring two extracts. they will learn in a scaffolded way how to analyse and create their own paragraphs.