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Viewing entries from category: Year 8

Making Movies Make Sense DVD | An Interactive Guide to Using Film »

Richard Gent | Saturday September 17, 2011

Categories: KS3, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Film, Film Studies, Partnerships, EnglishEdu Partnerships, Workshops, EnglishEdu Student & Teacher Workshops

What is Making Movies Make Sense?

‘Making Movies Make Sense’ is an all-new interactive resource to help you run film viewing and filmmaking activities with children and young people.

Making Movies Make Sense shows you:

  • What equipment you need
  • The key principles: camera, lighting, sound and editing
  • How to make a film step by step: planning, filming and editing
  • Practical activities for classroom and out-of-school contexts
  • What films to use

Making Movies Make Sense is illustrated with dozens of video clips and still images. The disc also...

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KS3 Media and Non-Fiction Scheme & Associated Resources: ‘Countdown to Zero’ »

Aimee Williams | Wednesday February 16, 2011

Categories: KS3, Year 8, Hot Entries, Media & Non-Fiction, Media & Non-Fiction Activities

Scheme

Year 8 Media & Non-Fiction SoW.pdf
Year 8 Media & Non-Fiction SoW.doc

Lessons & Materials

2 Stars and a Wish.doc
Commentary Handout.doc
Countdown to Zero Table For Argument.docx
Countdown to Zero Table For Argument.doc
Countdown To Zero Article.doc
Essay Guide.docx
Essay Guide.doc
Essay.pptx
Essay.ppt
Finding Pairs.ppt
Language Choices.docx
Language Choices.doc
Language Device PEE Table.docx
Language_Device_PEE_Table.doc
Leaflet Guidelines.docx
Leaflet Guidelines.doc
Learning To Be Me.doc
Lesson 1.ppt
Lesson 2.pptx
Lesson 2.ppt...[ read full article ] »


Improving Writing | Discourse Markers: A Teacher’s Guide and Toolkit »

Christine Sweeney | Tuesday December 07, 2010

Categories: KS3, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Teaching Ideas, Teaching Ideas & Skills Development, Trial, Writing, Essays, Persuasive Writing, AQA GCSE, AQA GCSE English A, AQA GCSE English B, AQA GCSE English B (Mature), AQA GCSE English Literature A, AQA GCSE English Literature B, OCR GCSE, OCR GCSE English, OCR GCSE English Literature, WJEC GCSE, WJEC GCSE English, WJEC GCSE English Language, WJEC GCSE English Literature

Associated Resources

  • Discourse Markers Toolkit.doc
  • Discourse Markers PowerPoint.pptx
  • DISPLAY Discourse Markers.doc

A ‘discourse marker’ is a word or phrase that helps to link written ideas. These words are generally more formal lexical items that find little use in speech – which is perhaps why they do not always come naturally to students.

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Discourse markers can be used, for example, to link ideas that are similar (e.g. the adverbs, also and similarly); and they can be used to link ideas that are dissimilar (e.g. however, alternately)....[ read full article ] »


Making Movies Make Sense DVD | An Interactive Guide to Using Film »

Richard Gent
Saturday September 17, 2011

What is Making Movies Make Sense?

‘Making Movies Make Sense’ is an all-new interactive resource to help you run film viewing and filmmaking activities with children and young people.

Making Movies Make Sense shows you:

  • What equipment you need
  • The key principles: camera, lighting, sound and editing
  • How to make a film step by step: planning, filming and editing
  • Practical activities for classroom and out-of-school contexts
  • What films to use

Making Movies Make Sense is illustrated with dozens of video clips and...

[ read full article ] »

Improving Writing | Discourse Markers: A Teacher’s Guide and Toolkit »

Christine Sweeney
Tuesday December 07, 2010

Associated Resources

A ‘discourse marker’ is a word or phrase that helps to link written ideas. These words are generally more formal lexical items that find little use in speech – which is perhaps why they do not always come naturally to students.

image

Discourse markers can be used, for example, to link ideas that are similar (e.g. the adverbs, also and similarly); and they can be used to link ideas that are dissimilar...

[ read full article ] »


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