Hi! Having worked as a teacher of three subjects over the past seven years (English, Media Studies, Drama), I have found that fun, challenge and creativity are universal to great learning! As a result, I aim to create meticulously detailed, vibrant and stimulating resources that foster students' independence and creative thinking, allowing them to make excellent progress as a result.
Hi! Having worked as a teacher of three subjects over the past seven years (English, Media Studies, Drama), I have found that fun, challenge and creativity are universal to great learning! As a result, I aim to create meticulously detailed, vibrant and stimulating resources that foster students' independence and creative thinking, allowing them to make excellent progress as a result.
A diverse and detailed unit focused upon basic skills that is ideal as an introductory unit for the AQA GCSE Media Studies specification. This unit focuses upon the basic skills of film, print media, music and gaming.
This detailed and high quality unit includes:
* 15 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies)
* 93 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons)
* All resources and worksheets (21 sheets)
Unit's lessons include:
* Introduction to the AQA GCSE Media Studies course requirements
* Introduction to the four key concepts
* Activity focused on pupils' own consumption of media texts
* Detailed research into the history of the media - creating a timeline of people, technology and institutions
* Applying Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to film media
* Introduction of camera shots, angles and movement
* Film terminology 'speed-dating' to introuce key media language
* Analysing a mise-en-scene
* Analysing a film trailer: genre conventions and audience appeal
* Creating genre-specific typography and writing a commentary
* Analysing logos and slogans
* Exploring stereotypes in the media
* Music industry terminology and genre features
* Analysing a CD album sleeve: genre conventions and audience appeal
* The history ofvideo gaming
* Video gaming genres and gratifications
* Analysing a video game cover: genre conventions and audience appeal
A highly focused, well-paced and detailed unit focused upon DVD Packaging (Unit 2a) for the AQA GCSE Media Studies specification. This unit focuses upon genre features; film gratifications; in-depth analysis of DVD packages; creating effective DVD packages; and writing commentaries of original work. The SOW features in in-depth overview of the unit's expectations, including requirements for the controlled assessment.
This detailed and high quality unit includes:
* 26 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies)
* 44 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons)
* All resources and worksheets (6 sheets)
* Copies of 17 full DVD packages (of various genres) to offer pupils choice for their controlled assessment
Unit's lessons include:
* Huge introductory quiz - history of film; the film industry; film terminology; camera shots; film genres
* Mapping film gratifications
* Mapping generic and genre-specific DVD package features
* AfL activity - improving a controlled assessment response
* Step-by-step analysis of DVD packages (CA practice)
* Designing a DVD package based on a film trailer (CA practice)
* Writing a critical commentary (CA practice)
* Formal controlled assessment
