You should by now have an in-depth, completed Critical Investigation Proposal on your blog.
The next step is to develop a 'Notes and Quotes' document to contain all your research. This document will eventually be many 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.
Rabia achieved an A* in Media two years ago and was interviewed for a PiXL video explaining how she researched her critical investigation on masculinity:
What does a great Notes and Quotes document look like? Here is Rabia's 11,000 word masterpiece that she discusses in the video and led to the 48/48 full marks essay. You might also want to have a look at former student Navneet's Notes and Quotes blogpost - and bear in mind she too went on to write an outstanding essay that achieved 47 out of 48 marks.
Your classwork AND homework is to start your Notes and Quotes document and reach at least 2,000 words - due after half-term.
You may want to do this on Microsoft Word initially 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 Project Proposal. Indeed, you may have already copied everything over into a new blogpost under the heading Research Plan.
Either way, you now need to create a new blogpost called Notes and Quotes and start watching, reading and writing up any thoughts, ideas, quotes or comments you think of while you research.
You'll need this on your blog - with at least 2,000 words of content - for your first double Media lesson after half-term - good luck!
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