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Wednesday 28 April 2010

GCSE English Revision

Don't forget revision classes with myself in T8 on Saturday mornings 11am - 13:00. This will cover 'Of Mice and Men' and the poems from the literature paper Yr 10 and Yr 11 will be sitting in May. To aid your revision check out some of the websites below;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/ (Useful for both Literature and Language)

http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/ (Useful for both Literature and Language)

universalteacher.org.uk (AQA Anthology)

Podcastrevision (Useful for poems)

http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/mice/index.html (Useful for 'Of Mice and Men')

Thursday 22 April 2010

Introduction To The Media Assignment - Yr 10 - Hand in Date: 14th May (This is the final date as there are exams and you need to be revising also - You should have completed most of it during the 2 week break)

1. Analylical Task - Analyse the opening five minutes of a specific film or television programme. How does the film or programme attract the interest of it's audience?

2. Present ideas for the opening of a film or television programme in the same genre as the analytical task. You can submit ideas in the form of a script; a storyboard, using drawings, writing or photographs to represent what is seen on screen.