Friday, 25 April 2014
Thursday, 24 April 2014
TV Drama Representation: DIsability
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r-42rLxiWY&feature=share&list=PL0C3B4F5AA766E4BF&index=8
As Mock exam (Key Concepts TV Drama)
Hello all,
You must all be present in Tuesday 29th April's lesson for a full mock before your final exam.
Remember Section A:
7 groups of Representation
1. Age
2. Gender
3. Class and Status
4. Disability
5. Regional Identity
6. Race/ Ethnicity
7. Sexuality
I will upload videos with the specific representation groups!
Miss Beckles
You must all be present in Tuesday 29th April's lesson for a full mock before your final exam.
Remember Section A:
7 groups of Representation
1. Age
2. Gender
3. Class and Status
4. Disability
5. Regional Identity
6. Race/ Ethnicity
7. Sexuality
I will upload videos with the specific representation groups!
Miss Beckles
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Sunday, 20 April 2014
BLOGS
Last blog before Tuesday 22nd April 2014...
Well done to Henaz for completing her blog and making the relevant changes- have a look at her blog as a great example.
The rest of you please read below and make sure this is completed by Wednesday 23rd April 2014 you have now missed the deadline and I am not able to mark your work in detail because you have NOT completed/ updated your blogs with the notes that I had given you.
I am not happy that you have missed this deadline Year 12s- I will be issuing you a penalty point for every day that this is not completed starting from Tuesday 22nd April.
Miss Beckles
Well done to Henaz for completing her blog and making the relevant changes- have a look at her blog as a great example.
The rest of you please read below and make sure this is completed by Wednesday 23rd April 2014 you have now missed the deadline and I am not able to mark your work in detail because you have NOT completed/ updated your blogs with the notes that I had given you.
- Sophia- Well done for uploading your contents/ double page spread. FIND ME ASAP! Where are your evaluation questions? You have 0/20 marks.
- Antonia- Sort out your Research and Planning (Your final production looks GREAT now, well done) You need 60 posts!
- Anisa- Sort out your Research and Planning, front cover and double page spread.You need 60 posts!
- Ollie- Well done for completing your preliminary task- where are your evaluation questions? Redo your front cover, content's page and double page spread.
- Ellie- Great Research and Planning! Sort out your double page spread!!!
- Sanusia- Upload your amazing new and improved final production!
- Layla- Front page looks great!!! Where is your contents page and your evaluation? You stand to lose up to 30 marks/ 80 marks
- Andrius- Good job uploading your first drafts for your final production- Upload your new and improved final production, research and planning and your evaluation questions.
GET THIS COMPLETED ASAP!
I am not happy that you have missed this deadline Year 12s- I will be issuing you a penalty point for every day that this is not completed starting from Tuesday 22nd April.
Miss Beckles
Sunday, 13 April 2014
Past Papers and Exam Practice
Please check your emails for the last six past papers for the exam.
If you have completed the checklist for your blog, why not practice writing a response for one of the papers?
Email me if you would like me to come in for a few hours this week to either use the MACs or Exam Preparation.
If you have completed the checklist for your blog, why not practice writing a response for one of the papers?
Email me if you would like me to come in for a few hours this week to either use the MACs or Exam Preparation.
Happy Easter all!
Miss Beckles
Top tips about the exam from a Chief Examiner
Hi All
Below are some handy tips from the head of OCR and all round media genius Pete Fraser of Pete's Media Magazine Blog read them carefully and check out his blog for more revision!
Below are some handy tips from the head of OCR and all round media genius Pete Fraser of Pete's Media Magazine Blog read them carefully and check out his blog for more revision!
Top tips to prepare for exams
This is just a short post with a few top tips
as exams approach!
1. Don't spend ages revising. This may be what you want to hear because you're lazy, but that's not what I mean. My view is that if you don't take things in as you go along, you won't do well in exams (at least not in Media or Film) just because you do a load of work at the end. You need to understand your subject and be able to talk about it anyway. preparing for exam questions about it should be a matter of technique and refreshing your mind about it, rather than cramming loads of information for weeks.
2. Focus your preparation completely. Know PRECISELY what you are going to be expected to do in the exam- how long the paper is, what form the questions take, how many marks are attached to them and how long you are expected to spend on each one. Know what the rules are about the questions- do you have to refer to a minimum number of texts, a variety of media, to examples from a particular period of time- whatever! all this knowledge helps you to be absolutely clear about what you need to prepare and what you can set aside. Look at past papers and past questions- if your teacher can't provide them, go online and find them- all exam boards have old papers you can download.
3. Decide what you feel most confident about using and systematically prepare that material so that you can summarise it, refer to the key arguments, mobilise specific examples to back your points and adapt it to the needs of different questions. You don't need to know EVERYTHING about a topic, but you do need to be able to be FLEXIBLE with what you do know!
4. PRACTICE writing to time. Start with some old questions and set out what your paragraphs will contain as a set of bullet points. Then just write and time yourself. How much can you cover in the time and how well does your argument work? get someone to read it, especially someone who doesn't know about the subject, and ask them if they can follow your argument and if your examples back your points up. If not, go back to what you have written and work out how to fill the gaps. If you do a few timed essays, you will get faster and if you seek advice from readers, you will get better.
5. Have some of your own examples. Don't rely on everything having been spoon fed by the teachers. Applying ideas or concepts to examples YOU have found always helps your answer to stand out from the same old stuff that everyone has half-remembered or half-understood the teacher saying.
6. Don't panic. If you prepare effectively in the short term and have taken things on board in the long term, then you have nothing to worry about. You can only do your best.
7. And finally, get the obvious things right. Know WHEN the exam is- DAY and TIME! I have known students to miss a morning exam because they assumed it was in the afternoon. Aim to be there EARLY- transport isn't always reliable. And have your PENS! When I used to invigilate, it always shocked me that there were many people in the room who had forgotten to bring pens. And during the exam, keep an eye on the clock. There is no value in spending an hour on a 25 mark question and then only half an hour on a 50 mark question. You might get full marks for the 25, but you will probably lose 25 on the 50!
1. Don't spend ages revising. This may be what you want to hear because you're lazy, but that's not what I mean. My view is that if you don't take things in as you go along, you won't do well in exams (at least not in Media or Film) just because you do a load of work at the end. You need to understand your subject and be able to talk about it anyway. preparing for exam questions about it should be a matter of technique and refreshing your mind about it, rather than cramming loads of information for weeks.
2. Focus your preparation completely. Know PRECISELY what you are going to be expected to do in the exam- how long the paper is, what form the questions take, how many marks are attached to them and how long you are expected to spend on each one. Know what the rules are about the questions- do you have to refer to a minimum number of texts, a variety of media, to examples from a particular period of time- whatever! all this knowledge helps you to be absolutely clear about what you need to prepare and what you can set aside. Look at past papers and past questions- if your teacher can't provide them, go online and find them- all exam boards have old papers you can download.
3. Decide what you feel most confident about using and systematically prepare that material so that you can summarise it, refer to the key arguments, mobilise specific examples to back your points and adapt it to the needs of different questions. You don't need to know EVERYTHING about a topic, but you do need to be able to be FLEXIBLE with what you do know!
4. PRACTICE writing to time. Start with some old questions and set out what your paragraphs will contain as a set of bullet points. Then just write and time yourself. How much can you cover in the time and how well does your argument work? get someone to read it, especially someone who doesn't know about the subject, and ask them if they can follow your argument and if your examples back your points up. If not, go back to what you have written and work out how to fill the gaps. If you do a few timed essays, you will get faster and if you seek advice from readers, you will get better.
5. Have some of your own examples. Don't rely on everything having been spoon fed by the teachers. Applying ideas or concepts to examples YOU have found always helps your answer to stand out from the same old stuff that everyone has half-remembered or half-understood the teacher saying.
6. Don't panic. If you prepare effectively in the short term and have taken things on board in the long term, then you have nothing to worry about. You can only do your best.
7. And finally, get the obvious things right. Know WHEN the exam is- DAY and TIME! I have known students to miss a morning exam because they assumed it was in the afternoon. Aim to be there EARLY- transport isn't always reliable. And have your PENS! When I used to invigilate, it always shocked me that there were many people in the room who had forgotten to bring pens. And during the exam, keep an eye on the clock. There is no value in spending an hour on a 25 mark question and then only half an hour on a 50 mark question. You might get full marks for the 25, but you will probably lose 25 on the 50!
Last few things Year 12s
Good morning Year 12s,
Well done for the work that you have put into your blogs they are really taking shape!
Well done for the work that you have put into your blogs they are really taking shape!
I am not sure how many of you attended the intervention on
Monday at school, I have gone through your blogs and have noticed there are
still content’s pages/ double page spreads/ preliminary tasks and evaluation
questions missing.
YOU WILL ONLY BE GETTING BAND 1/2 if the work is incomplete
and you are doing yourself a disservice.
Below are two things that need to be added to your post!
ü Final items need to be put
permanently at the top of the blog. Use widgets in the blog set up to
do this or embed it as a moving magazine using Yudu or Glossi
ü You should have an Evaluation
planning post
– this should be ONE post
before the evaluation questions begin to you your creative approaches to each
question, what will you discuss and HOW will you present the information?
ü Try to link your blog to your
magazine – use the template editor to change background
images and font styles and colours
Blog Checklist
- Your
target is 60 blog posts throughout the year
- Ensure
all posts are tagged appropriately e.g. Research and planning, final
production, evaluation.
- All posts
need some sort of description or
explanation to them, especially your
research and evaluation questions!
- Check
the order of your posts – do they show a logical journey or a random
approach to tasks?
- Check Spelling and Grammar throughout your blog.
Thank you,
Miss Beckles
Saturday, 5 April 2014
Reminder- INTERVENTION TOMORROW
Hello all,
Just a reminder that Mr Barlow will be running intervention tomorrow (Monday 6th April) from 8.30am SHARP until 1.30pm.
This is a COMPULSORY session for all!
Your coursework including your preliminary task, research and planning, final production and evaluation is due in and this will be your last opportunity to improve your work before the final marks.
Well done for all of the updates this week- keep blogging!
Remember- 60 posts minimum!
Thanks,
Miss Beckles.
Just a reminder that Mr Barlow will be running intervention tomorrow (Monday 6th April) from 8.30am SHARP until 1.30pm.
This is a COMPULSORY session for all!
Your coursework including your preliminary task, research and planning, final production and evaluation is due in and this will be your last opportunity to improve your work before the final marks.
Well done for all of the updates this week- keep blogging!
Remember- 60 posts minimum!
Thanks,
Miss Beckles.
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Further Reminder
There are normal lessons this morning Year 12s.
We expect to see you the usual time!
Miss Beckles
Normal lessons
Good Morning Year 12s,
EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD BE IN N9 NOW for lesson.
Miss Beckles,
EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD BE IN N9 NOW for lesson.
Miss Beckles,
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