Year 8 due Next Tuesday

Please ensure that your radio/TV advert is ready for Tuesday.

You must also have your presentation ideas scripted, ready to practise during the first 10 minutes of our lesson.

Remember, your assessment must take place on Tuesday.

7x3 - Due Wednesday 24th October

Please complete the grammar sheet that you received in class today.  Don't forget to put your name on it.

Plus:

Mnemonic:- a word/phrase or sentence that helps us to remember something eg

BECAUSE = Big Elephants Can't Always Use Small Exits.  This sentence helps us to remember how to spell the word 'because'.  The sentence is the 'mnemonic'.

Can you create a mnemonic for the word, SINCERELY?

I think that we should vote for our favourite mnemonic and award a prize.

Please have your sheets completed and your mnemonic ready for our next lesson next Wednesday.

Year 9 Film Review Continued

 
Visit this link for a range of film reviews - you may even find out what my favourite film of all time is!

Visit this site for a short tutorial on a range of basic camera angles


When creating your word/phrase bank, think about categorising your work as we discussed in class today:

positive language
negative language
neutral language

genre specific words/phrases

technical terms within technical aspects eg: sound, camera angles, mis-en-scene

Do have a look at the film review essay plan on the blog so that you will come to our next lesson with some ideas.

BTW - great work in class today!

Year 7 - Writing to Persuade Due in Monday 15th October

A FOREST is an mnemonic to help you to remember how to write to persuade.

It stands for:

Alliteration
Facts
Opinions
Repetition
Emotive Language
Statistics
Three (power of) Triplets

There are other tips and tricks to remember the rules for persuasive writing and we will cover them in class over the next few lessons.

Create a poster/information sheet or flier to help you and others to remember what A FOREST stands for and why we need to remember it.

You may also want to remember/revise PALL
Purpose
Audience
Language - formal/informal
Layout

Year 9 - Reivew Plan

Review Plan

Paragraph 1 Introduction General comments about the film A snappy first sentence When you first saw it What were your expectations? What were your initial impressions of the film?

Paragraph 2 Plot/storyline Brief summary Don’t give the ending away!

Paragraph 3 Characters Main characters (actors)

Paragraph 4 Background Info How much it cost to make How much it made at the box office Awards it has won Any films it was influenced by

Paragraph 5 Key scene analysis Explain where it happens in the film Setting Characters Sound/music Camera angles How is it made exciting?

Paragraph 6 Conclusion Sum up Would you recommend it? To whom?

Year 9 Film Reviews

Please continue to research and read film reviews to develop your vocabulary.

You should begin to create your own word/phrase bank.  Try to include key words such as 'romcom 'horror', but ideally you should be building up a word/phrase bank with original hyphenated words - all-time-must-see-movie', 'grip-the-edge-of-your-seat' and general descriptive phrases. 

I know that some of you have already made an effort to high-light/cut out paragraphs from your chosen reviews that you particularly liked and I would encourage you all to do the same.

Do pay attention to the use of punctuation for effect!

Extension:  annotate your chosen review with punctuation/effect as we did with the Toy Story review in class.

All of this will help you to become great film reviewers.

Happy Reviewing!

Mrs Couchman

PS  your assessment is nigh!

Year 9 - Fillm Reviews - Due Monday 1st October

Find a film review of your choice and bring it in for our next lesson - Monday!