English and Media Revision

Media Studies GCSE revision

WJEC GCSE Media Studies

Exam Date: Monday 4 June 2018

Exam Topic: Television News and News Websites

Your exam is 2 and 1/4 hours and is slit into two sections:

Section A – You will be shown a TV news broadcast to analyse and also have to draw upon your own detailed examples from news broadcasts.

Section B – The Creative Task. You will be asked to create a media text for a News Website, this is likely to be a mock-up of a homepage or sub page, or a feature article. You must then analyse your work and discuss wider issues around the production of websites.

Online Revision Links – In addition to the revision guides handed in class,, please consistency visit the following online portals:

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English Literature GCSE revision

Students should regularly be recapping the texts that we study as part of this course.

Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s Macbeth (all students study this)

19th Century Novel

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens for the 19^th Century text(all students study this)

Poetry

Power and Conflict poetry anthology (all students study this)
Unseen Poetry (all students study this)

Modern Text

Golding’s Lord of the Flies (some students study this text)
Priestley’s An Inspector Calls (some students study this text)

There are various ways to revise for this subject. Here are some options:

Re-read the texts (this is essential).
Memorise key quotations (see the quotation bank resource for Lord of the Flies and Poetry, as well as the Macbeth revision guide available to buy in school by Quotation Bank).
Create character cards: brainstorm key characteristics with quotations.
Plan essays- this is one of the most valuable revision tools.
Create theme cards: brainstorm all of the key themes per text and consider which characters link to these themes and why. Find quotations to support each key theme.
Invest in revision guides and workbooks to support your independent study (more information below).

In addition, there are various resources available to download here:

Lord of the Flies

Power and Conflict poetry

Macbeth

Unseen Poetry

Unseen Poetry Practice Anthology

Recommended resources

Core texts		Revision material
	Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Oxford School Edition is preferable. Exam board: AQA, 9-1 spec. ALL STUDENTS.
	The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle. Any edition of the text. Exam board: AQA, 9-1 spec. ALL STUDENTS.
	Lord of the Flies by William Golding. For sets one and two only (taught by Mr Howard and Ms Pollard respectively). Any edition of the text. Exam board: AQA, 9-1 spec. For sets one and two only (taught by Mr Howard and Ms Pollard respectively).

	Power and Conflict Poetry anthology Students all have their own copy of the anthology provided by the school. Exam board: AQA, 9-1 spec. ALL STUDENTS.