Year 11 Course outline

Introduction

You can read more about the way the GCSE course is structured on the GCSE summary page. Briefly:

In Year 11 you will redraft your Section A coursework assignments from Year 10, and complete one major practical assignment with supporting written materials (Section B). This is also worth 25% of your GCSE.
Finally, you will sit a summer exam, based on a particular theme. You will have the spring term to study the theme in detail. You will receive the exam paper two weeks before the exam so that you can pre-plan your answers. This is worth 50% of your GCSE.

Timetable for Year 11 (2008-9)

Teacher	September	October	November	December
Mr Allison	Section A coursework		Section B coursework
	Redrafting the Year 10 assignments		Practical Production project
Mrs Lean	Section B coursework		Section A coursework
	Practical Production project		Redrafting the Year 10 assignments

January	February	March
Controlled Test preparation
Our study focus for the 2009 exam will be Television Game Shows

April	May	June	July
Test preparation	Controlled Test

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Media History timeline
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Media Magazine
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Broadcast Fiction
Fantasy and the Police: Ashes to Ashes

Media in context
When subversion becomes the mainstream

Audience
Torchwood: The Doctor Who spin-off and its fans
Theories of fandom, and the power of audience
Cults and the film industry

Media skills
Analysing media texts

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