Thursday, 22 November 2018





















Final word count for AO1 should be 2000-3000wrds.
Deadline: Thursday 6th December.

  • Read back through your personal investigation. 
  • The practitioners that you have chosen will suggest a theme that is reflected in your practical work. 
  • Come up with a good two-part title. The first part should grab attention. The title will be answered or explored in your writing.
  • Write until you have concluded your investigation. 
  • Make sure that you have evaluated the approaches of artists, compared and contrasted, asked suitable questions and searched for relevant answers, and present your own, considered points of view
  • A. B and C grade students will revise their essay. Going back in and editing, taking bits out that are irrelevant and tightening it up. 
  • Give it to a friend or relative. Ask them to feedback- does it make sense? Does it explore? Is there a clear introduction and a satisfying conclusion?
  • Correct spelling and punctuation.
  • Include a bibliography.


Stundet Assessment Objective Checklist.






















The exam board issue students with an Assessment Objective Checklist. Here's their version. I have made a simplified version HERE.
We can use the separate elements from the assessment objective to shine a light on where you need to focus your efforts. It can also help to put your mind at rest, to show you that there is a finite amount of work.
We are going to go through your work and add colour coded post-it labels for each of the assessment objective elements. 
Pink for AO1. Blue for AO2. Orange for AO3.
Make sure you write the AO and the number element on the post-it.
Please note, you could have all of these elements and still gain a low grade. Quality of work is still needed. 

Monday, 15 October 2018

Personal Investigation Extended Writing 750-1500 words






















Deadline: Monday 29th October

Read back through your personal investigation. Link another designer to continue where you left off. Use the Contextual Investigation and Looking at Artefacts sheets.
Within this section, please ensure that you are comparing and contrasting the two designers. Use this sheet to help.

Friday, 7 September 2018

Investigating your Form






















Choose your ‘form’ - book cover, poster etc List of artefacts HERE

1 Write an outline of what you plan to make

2 Explore the form and evidence your research using the ‘Contextual Investigation - Form’ sheet.

Deadline start of the lesson: Weds 19th