Steph Atkinson | Tuesday October 09, 2012
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Media & Non-Fiction, Media & Non-Fiction Activities, Writing, Media Analysis, AQA English, Unit 1 Non Fiction Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 1 Texts: Non Fiction, OCR GCSE English, WJEC GCSE English, Unit 1 English in the Daily World (Reading)
Steve Campsall | Monday October 08, 2012
Categories: KS4, AQA GCSE, EDEXCEL GCSE, OCR GCSE, WJEC Eduqas GCSE, Hot Entries, Media & Non-Fiction, Media & Non-Fiction Activities, AQA English, Unit 1 Non Fiction Texts, AQA English Language , Unit 1 Texts: Non Fiction, Edexcel English, Edexcel Unit 1 English Today, Edexcel English Language, Unit 1 English Today, OCR GCSE English Language, Unit A680, OCR GCSE English, Unit A680 Information and Ideas, WJEC GCSE English, Unit 1 English in the Daily World (Reading), WJEC GCSE English Language, Unit 1 Studying Written Language
As part of your GCSE English exam, you’ll be asked to analyse and discuss aspects of the non-fiction and media text ‘genre’. Genre The word ‘genre’ suggests that a text type is easily identifiable by readers as belonging to a particular kind or type; in effect, we all ‘stereotype’ texts just as we do people but the effect is called ‘genre’ rather than stereotyping! Texts that clearly ‘fit’ a particular genre are called ‘generic texts’ and we recognise them because they…
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Jack Todhunter | Monday February 21, 2011
Categories: Media & Non-Fiction, Media & Non-Fiction Activities
This video was created using a combo of three programs. First, a cheap Mac program called Noodle Flix. This allows green screen and allows you to animate half a dozen digital heads, male and female. Second a “cloud” program called Xtranormal which used to be free but they now charge for downloads. This gives you camera moves like a studio and third a PC program called Crazytalk which is very versatile. You can animate eyes and mouths on objects but it is meant for faces. A bit of…
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Aimee Williams | Wednesday February 16, 2011
Categories: 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…
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Jack Todhunter | Wednesday August 04, 2010
Categories: Media & Non-Fiction, Media & Non-Fiction Activities, Shakespeare, Shakespeare - Other Activities and Resources, Writing, Speaking & Listening, Individual, Group
This is an interactive assignment on Shakespeare and you have been asked by a production company to help them complete a short film on the famous playwright. Watch the video. Discuss it with your classmates. What messages are coming across in this short film? What does the title suggest “The Bard and The Barred?? Who is The Bard and who might be The Barred? What do you think about the comments of the girls? How do you respond to the man’s comment at the end? The film was shot in two…
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