WJEC GCSE Media Studies for exam in 2010
A Suggested Scheme of Work
This scheme of work is not in any way prescriptive, it is simply offered as a possible way in. It should be adapted and moulded to fit particular teachers, students and resources.
TERM 1
Week 1 Class Work
Intro to GCSE media studies. Two parts - Sport on TV and - advertisements in print and electronic media, and practical course work.
I suggest the pattern of Term 1 is to study the two exam topics; Term 2 practical course work; Term 3 revision of the main topics and exam preparation.
Starting with the moving image topic of Sport on TV
1. Discuss students’ TV sport consumption. A moving image extract is the most likely in the exam.
2. Students do in-class research on hours spent per week on TV sport and which sports
3. Discussion on which households have satellite and which other digital platforms such as Freeview – how does that relate to the amount o fsport viewed each week.
activity
Students create a media diary detailing the time viewing anything and everything to do with sport. Name the programme, the channel, and how many minutes viewed.
homework
Look at sport related websites and report back to class on what is available e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport
Week 2 Class Work
Intro to genre and narrative in Sport on TV
1. Generic conventions of TV...
