Ongoing Revision Tasks

Many of you have issues with PACE and STAMINA
Many of you have issues with CONCENTRATION and FOCUS
Many of you have NOT STARTED REVISING

Many of you ARE RELYING ON ME TOO MUCH
Many of you ARE NOT USED TO WRITING ENOUGH

• Have stamina - don’t exhaust everything you know on the first question
• Answer the actual question - read the key words 
• Media Language must be used frequently, and confidently. It is literally what you get marks for. It’s how you show AQA you know what you are talking about.
• Use Media Theorists in Section A to support points, if applicable. As above.
• Provide own examples other than those in the texts, especially in Q2 and 3. 
• Evaluate - crucial for Q2 and 3. It is in the Mark Scheme. Purposefully argue against the question, just to make a point. Use Stuart Hall alternative readings, or Marxist/feminist/utopian/dystopian readings.

Question 1 is worth 8 marks, which is 25% of the 32 marks available.
25% of 45 minutes is 11 minutes.

Questions 2 and 3 are worth 12 marks each, which is 37.5% of the 32 marks available.
37.5% of 45 minutes is 17 minutes for each question.

Analyse the Section A mark scheme
Revise all media concepts
Familiarise yourself with the media language in this revision checlist
Create/use your flashcards to test your knowledge of definitions
Re-write media language definitions from the glossary again and again
Revise media theorists who could support you in 12 mark questions
Deconstruct and makes notes on as many of the unseen texts from the vault as you can
Group the unseen texts, and other examples, into common areas (such as 'countertype female')
Find two unseen texts and write some Section A questions
Set yourself someone's Section A questions
Analyse these exemplar PEEL paragraphs
Re-write them in your own words, in respect to a different example text
Create plans for every past paper question
Set yourself a past paper question in timed exam conditions
Ensure you have read all the notes from the virtual revolution screenings
Revise advertising techniques
Revise alternative/oppositional readings, to provide opportunities to evaluate
Use your twitters and check #MEST3 evry day

Every 12 mark question ever

Use this document to make as many plans as you can.

Do this sample paper on masculinity

Do this sample paper on the American Dream

Do this sample paper on Superheroes

Do Someone's Section A

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Create Your Own Section A

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Literacy in Media Studies

In both A Levels, and all BTEC assignments, top grades cannot be given, if you have errors in punctuation, grammar and spelling.

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Section A Mock #1

Click here for the Section A Sample Mock #1, and the resulting feedback and advice for the rewrite.

Q1 - 8 marks is 25% of the 32 marks available.
Q2 - 12 marks is 37.5% of the 32 marks available.
Q3 - 12 marks is 37.5% of the 32 marks available.

25% of 45 minutes is 11 minutes.
37.5% of 45 minutes is 17 minutes.
37.5% of 45 minutes is 17 minutes.

Unseen Text Vault

Please don't forget to use the Unseen Text Vault.  Not in an attempt to guess the texts, but to ready yourself with examples you can bring into any 12 Mark Question.

Mr Rose A2 Media Studies MEST 3 Revision

This presentations contains a number of tasks designed to help you focus on particular issues in Section A...