Monday, October 21, 2013

13E Cover Work: 21/10, p5/6

Make sure you register with Mr Babu/the cover teacher and that you stay in the classroom for the whole double period.

1. Ensure you've completed the homework task to produce your first 500 words of Notes/Quotes.

2. Continue with your Critical Investigation research. In particular, make use of the Media Magazines on the bookshelf. Your Notes/Quotes document must be at least 1000 words by p1 tomorrow's lesson (Tue 22/10: I WILL be there and I'll be checking in 1:1 tutorials). Please include a word count and make sure it is posted up on your blog.

13D Cover Work: 21/10, p3/4

Make sure you register with Mr Babu and that you stay in the classroom for the whole double period.

1. Complete the homework task if you haven't already done so.

2. Read this week's new/digital media stories on each other's blogs. Comment on at least THREE in their comments sections, stating your opinion on the topic. Paste the links to your comments in a posting on YOUR blog, entitled: "Comments on NDM blogs".

3. Read the article: Digital subscriptions to the Times and Sunday Times top 150,000 and the comments by readers in the section below it. Summarise the article on your blog and then select the FIVE comments that you agree with most and the FIVE that you disagree with most. Copy/paste them onto your blog saying why you agree/disagree.

4. Homework (for Thursday 24/10). Complete all of the above.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

13D HW: Web 2.0 Articles

From MediaMagazine...
(login first: username: mediamagazine10; password: ly957mp)
Read each article and summarise the key points in your own words on your blog and list the key information as bullet points.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Year 13 - Critical Investigation next steps

You should now have an in-depth, completed Critical Investigation Proposal on your blog. Before half-term, you will have a short tutorial confirming the subject matter, question and linked production is acceptable and focused on a text from the last five years.

The next step is to develop a 'Notes and Quotes' document to contain all your research. This document will eventually be thousands of words and contain all your links, ideas, comments and quotes from everything you read and watch. It is essential that you have a wide collection of research and notes before you write a single word of your actual essay.

Your homework over the next week is to start your Notes and Quotes document and reach at least 500 words. 

You can do this on Word or as a blogpost but you WILL have to publish everything you've got to your blog at least once a week for the next month.

Fortunately, you already have a template for this document from the last section of your Critical Investigation Proposal. Copy everything over under the heading Research Plan and start watching, reading and writing up any thoughts, ideas, quotes or comments you think of while looking at it. Don't forget to include anything you found in the Media Magazine articles too.

You'll need this on your blog by Tuesday 22 October - good luck!

Edward Said - Orientalism

We've had some very good discussions on Edward Said's Orientalism and the different representations of East and West. Your task to finish this topic is to answer two questions on the opening of Yasmin (2004). The clip is available on YouTube:


The questions you need to answer are difficult and there are no right or wrong answers. In fact, you could argue both sides depending on what part of the clip you choose. Please answer the following two questions in mini-essay format:

  1. Does the opening of Yasmin offer a positive or negative representation of British Muslims?
  2. To what extent does the opening of Yasmin reinforce or challenge Said’s theory of Orientalism – that the west is superior to the exotic or dangerous east?

Due: Monday 14 October

Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Mr Halsey cover work - Tuesday 1 October

Apologies for not being in today - I've picked up that cold going around and feel rough. I hate missing lessons but there's plenty for you to be getting on with...

13E - Representation
There is work on the blog (scroll down) to write a 300 word blog post on the Daily Mail article we read about the Olympics. Make sure you bring in the theorists Alvarado and Fanon from last lesson.

13D - Critical Investigation proposals
I'm sorry I won't be able to do any tutorials today but send me an email if you've got any questions and I'll get back to you this week. Everything is on the blog to work through and I'll catch up with you on Thursday.