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December Mock Exam: Learner Response Blog Tasks

  1) Type up any feedback on your paper  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). If you only have marks and a grade on the paper, write a WWW/Next Steps yourself based on your scores grade 5 2) Use the mark scheme for this Paper 2 mock (posted on GC) to read the answers AQA were looking for. First, write down a definition and example of non-diegetic sound (Q1.1 and 1.2). all sounds made by or heard by the characters any example of dialogue from the extract such as ‘When Lyra says, “So you’re a kitchen boy then?” 3) Next, identify  three  points you could have made in Q1.3 - camerawork and the extract. Look for the indicative content in the mark scheme - these are the suggested answers from AQA. • The opening shot in the extract focuses on the omelette in Will’s hand – almost a  close-up – with handheld camera movement following the plate to the table. This  focus on the food Will has cooked seems to esta...

Year 11 Paper 1 assessment: Learner Response

1) Type up your feedback: to focus on the longer questions like the 12 marker and to use better English  a. What Mark and Grade did you get? 5 b. What targets were you given for the longer written questions? To use better wording and to revise the csps more 2) Look at the  mark scheme for this assessment . For Question 2 (12 mark unseen) use the indicative content in the mark scheme to identify  three  points that you could have referred to in your answer. Typography Non verbal codes  verbal codes 3) For Question 3 (Galaxy - narrative features) use the mark scheme to write down the main  narrative theories  and how we can link them to the Galaxy advert CSP.  The structure of the narrative: it follows a linear structure and features versions of iconic actors from the glamorous era of Hollywood  associated with sophistication and desirability. Character types can be seen as outdated stereotypes of masculinity and femininity with Audrey Hepburn ...

Introduction to Newspapers: Blog Task

  1) What type of news can you typically find in a  tabloid  newspaper? major news but as well as celebrity gossip and sports  2)  What type of news can you typically find in a  broadsheet  newspaper? more serious news and they do not typically contain pictures  3) If someone is  left-wing , which political party in the UK are they most likely to support? Which newspapers would they be likely to read? socialists, labour: the Daily Mirror 4) If someone is  right-wing , which political party in the UK are they most likely to support? Which newspaper would they be most likely to read? conservative party:  the Times  5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 50 years? Because of the rise of digital media and news through websites and social media  6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK? allows all information to be known by the public and can expose corruption and leads to a more infor...