GCSE Media

GRADE	MAX	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Unit 1	80	72	64	56	48	40	32	24	16
Unit 2	120	108	96	84	72	60	48	36	24
Subject Award	200	180	160	140	120	100	80	60	40

'The medium is the message.' (Marshall McLuhan, 1964)

BORING STUFF

COURSE STRUCTURE

ASSESSMENT

ENQUIRY BASED LEARNING

INTRODUCTION

YEAR 10 INTRODUCTION/ADVERTISING UNIT

THE I-POD AD/I-PHONE

2015- HOUSE PROMO

COURSEWORK

Investigation 1 - Genre

Investigation 2 - Narrative OR Representation

Investigation 3

Horror/Thriller & Graphic Novel

Practical Coursework

Documentary (2014)

EXAM

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS TERMINOLOGY

COMPLETE TERMS LIST (Compiled by GCSE Class of 2010)

2011 Exam - The Music Industry

2012 Exam- The Music Industry

2013 Exam Televisions Drama (Excluding Crime)

2014 Exam Television Drama (Crime) & (Section B Magazines)

2015 Print Advertising (& Section B TV Advertising)

2016 ADVERTISING & MARKETING: Film Trailers (& Section B Film Posters)

2017 NEWS (Section A- Newspapers & Section B Radio News) LAST YEAR FOR WJEC GCSE MEDIA EXAMINATIONS (INTERNATIONAL CENTRES ONLY)

THE COURSE - STEP-BY-STEP

Please don't panic if your particular course doesn't exactly work on a termly basis. It's just easier for us to organise this way!

TERM 1

TERM 2

TERM 3

TERM 4

TERM 5

CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS

ENTERPRISE (BUSINESS STUDIES)

STOCK & FLOW: A METAPHOR FOR THE MODERN MEDIA

MISCELLANEOUS

TEACHING MEDIA- UNDERGRADUATE CLASSROOM

GENDER & SOCIETY JOURNAL (SOCIOLOGISTS)

THE HISTORY OF MEDIA LITERACY

STUDENT WORK

MEDIA INDUSTRIES: A peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal examining media industries and institutions

NECSUS: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDIA STUDIES

GCSE SOUNDTRACK WORK

MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION BLOG

FORMER GCSE MEDIA TOPICS

COMICS

WEB and PRINT NEWS

ANIMATION

SPORT on TV

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