The lead text used for the controlled assessment will be the episode of News Round from 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMnTgbIpm3c 0.00-0.32; 2.30-3.21; 7.29-end
However, these will be compared to an episode from 1982: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUEZvnbYq54&feature=related . 0.00-0.52; 6.28-7.16; 8.08- end
Students may also make reference to ‘adult’ news programmes, principally a recent episode of the
BBC News: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qEjDjtujaQ
The controlled assessment task is to be set by the centre. The proposed task is therefore as follows:
Focusing mainly on ‘News Round’, explore the methods that producers and presenters of TV news programmes use to communicate to their audiences
Video: the clips used in this scheme, as well as additional footage, are saved as avi files in the
Department folder. Alternatively, they can be found here:
Week 1:
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Intro to controlled assessment: task, assessment objectives, skills, procedure and product.
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AO2: o Understand the range and uses of spoken language, commenting on meaning and impact and draw on this when talking to others. o understand variations in spoken language, explaining why language changes in relation to contexts
 Over time
Adapting to new technologies
 Different social contexts: different groups, different situations, different purposes. o Evaluate the impact of spoken language in their own and others’ use
 How we structure our speech,
 Our choices of tone, register, pace
 How we support spoken language with non-verbal communication
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Distribute work booklets
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Mind map conventions of TV news.
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Watch clip of BBC news from London Riots and answer questions.
With thanks to Mr J Denchfield of Queens Gate School

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First viewing of 2010 News Round clip and rudimentary analysis.
Homework: a.
Research the differences between different news programmes and channels b.
Questions on 2010 News Round clip in booklets
Week 2:
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Structure of news programmes. How are the stories chosen?
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Give list of fictitious events and ask girls to put together a news show for a five minute slot.
What will be left out etc? See attached instruction sheet. Assess as group discussion S&L
(Real Life Context)
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Analysing the structure and language of Newsround 2010: structure; register / mode of address, language; prosody and non-verbals
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Analysing News Round 1982 transcript and completing table
Homework
a) Questions on News Round 1982
Homework b) learn all terminology for test
Week 3
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Terminology test, using quotes from the two transcripts.
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Complete analysis of News Round 1982
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Comparison of the two news shows: o What is similar about the structure and language? Register? o What differences are there? o Prosodic differences?
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How are contextual factors important in understanding the language variations?
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Discuss how to create a comparative analysis, revisiting Assessment Objectives
Homework a.
PEAs on Structure, Language, register b.
PEAs on prosody and context
Week 4
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Give feedback on analytical writing
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Redraft analysis ready for CA
Homework: a.
Write draft of controlled assessment b.
Prepare final CA notes
Week 5
Controlled assessment
With thanks to Mr J Denchfield of Queens Gate School