Med 5 Blog Task 16

The following comprises TASK SIXTEEN. It needs to be completed by Monday 5th February (13C), Tuesday 6th February (13D). (Like you'd forget!)

• Complete your first draft of your Independent Study.

• It must be a word processed 3000 word essay (with a word count included at the end).

• Also, include correctly set out references, quotes and footnotes. (Footnotes should take the following form - Author Surname, Author First Name (year of publication), page number(s). eg...Craig, Steve (1992) p. 123.)
  

• A full bibliography must be submitted. (See Task 10 for help with this). The first section should be titled 'Works Cited' and will contain everything that you make direct reference to in your essay. Divide it into 'Books', 'Newspapers & Magazines', 'Internet' and 'Moving Image Texts'. The second section should be called 'Works Consulted' and will cover all the additional research you did but that didn't necessarily get directly quoted. This should have the same subheadings as the first section.

• Three copies are necessary. Hand in a hard copy (on paper) on the deadline day. Also create two electronic versions - firstly, paste your first draft up on your blog; secondly, send it by your writeboard page to your Study Buddy and Macguffin. (No more waving around floppy discs saying, ' My printer doesn't work'!)

This is the big one so no excuses and good luck!!

Med 5 Blog Task 15

The following comprises TASK FIFTEEN. It needs to be completed by Monday 29th January.

• Go to the collaborative writing site - Writeboard - and follow the instructions to set up your own personal writeboard account.

• Paste your full Independent Study title and first paragraph onto your writeboard.

• Save your writeboard.

• Invite Macguffin and your 'Blog Buddy' from your Media class to collaborate with your writeboard.
  

• When you receive your email invitation (check your junk mail as it could well end up there by mistake) from your 'Blog Buddy' you must help them to re-draft their introduction by editing their writeboard page (whose link they will have also sent you). Make changes to spelling, punctuation, grammar, sentence construction/expression, etc. Also, add anything that you think is missing and make suggestions about what else (quotes, references, elaboration, etc.) that needs to be included [do the latter in square brackets like these].

• Click 'save as the newest version'.

• Click 'send via email' to your 'Blog Buddy'.

• When you receive your new version from your 'Study Buddy' go to your writeboard page and compare your version with the updated one using the compare tool. Make changes to the updated version based on your 'Study Buddy's' suggestions but remember that you don't have to follow everything they say (they may actually be wrong themselves!) Use each change/comment as a prompt to help you think about how your work could be improved.

• Click 'save as the newest version' when you're happy with the results and send to your 'Study Buddy'. Then you should have a much improved introduction to start off your essay and as this is one of the crucial aspects of any piece of writing, you should end up producing something much better when you complete your 3000 words (see TASK SIXTEEN).
  

Islamophobia & Film

Here's the link to an excellent article in today's Guardian that will be really useful for Module 4: Representation (Asians)...

From Aladdin to Lost Ark, Muslims get angry at 'bad guy' film images

Cover Work (13D)

Mr Munro will be in to register you today (Thursday 25th January). Then you will need to do the following...

A. Reflect on last week's exam

Post up at least a one paragraph comment here about the Module 1 re-sit last week. Cover the following...

• Was it easier or harder than expected?
  
• Why?
  
• What key points did you make?
  
• Were you able to include any of the Year 13 (Med 4, 5 or 6) stuff you've covered and if so what?
  
• Did you do enough preparation?

B. Self evaluation

Carry out a self-evaluation in advance of your next set of Interim Reports (that we are writing at the moment). You can get the headings here. Then post up your responses on your Med 6 blog.

C. Complete late homework

Make sure you have completed the homework that was set for you before the holiday. This was the minimum of three exam practices, posted up on your Med 6 blog. It was intended, in the first instance, to help you prepare for the re-sit but it is also vital practice for the Module 6 exam too.

Unfortunately, only Raspreet, Harveen, Kavita, Ramneet, Rajan (kind of ) and Furzana have done the work. Well done - and credits - to them. The rest of you had better get this work completed by next Thursday (Feb 1st) or you'll be staying late after school to do it. You have been warned!

Good Luck!

All the best to all of you re-sitting Module 1 or 2 (or both) tomorrow. Remember, the vast majority of Year 13s do better in these exams (at least one grade higher) than when they took them in Year 12. Now is not the time to feel guilty about not doing all that extra practice and preparation that you promised you would do (but feel nice and smug if you did).




What you should be doing is going into the exam confident that all you've learned for Modules 4, 5 and 6 has reinforced and built upon the basics you need to show you understand in the AS. You know so much more than you did then so make sure you demonstrate this.

It's all about the Key Concepts (especially Media Language, Audience and Representation), 'Concept Flow', using key media terminology, constructing a well written essay, showing some personal engagement, linking it to other texts, information, ideas and theories (but not too much of this, it's not Module 6 yet).

Mr Munro will start the exam as I can't be there but best of luck...you won't need it!

13C Tutorials - Cancellation

Due to unforseen circumstances, all 13C coursework tutorials for Monday 15-01 and Tuesday 16-01 have been cancelled. Please let your fellow students know to save them a wasted trip into school. Unfortunately, there won't be the opportunity to reschedule these meetings this week so if anyone needs any advice before writing their first drafts (which should be started as soon as possible) then you have two options...

• Speak to Mr Munro, or...
  

• Email Macguffin with specific questions and he'll try to get back to you asap.

Sorry, and good luck!

13C Tutorials - New Times

These are the revised times. Don't forget that you must arrive at the Media Suite (E05) at least five minutes early and make sure you have completed all Med 5 Tasks 1-14 and that you have your Media folder with you...

• Friday 12-01: Alliaya (11am), Pip (11.30am), Ruby (midday), Jatinder (12.30), Heena (1.30pm), Navdeep (2pm), Kalpan (2.30pm), Anika (3pm)

• Monday 15-01: Kiran (9am), Alice (9.30am), Sam (10am), Priya (1.30pm), Shreena (2pm), Jaskeerat (2.30pm), Ashley (3pm)

• Tuesday 16-01: Kelly (1.30pm), Ajay (2pm), Avinash (2.30pm), Kiranjit (3pm)