LR

Name	First blog task - 10 Questions	Media Consumption Audit	Semiotics blog tasks	MIGRAIN Reading an Image	Reception theory advert analysis
Belle

WWW: Your blog is a joy to read – there’s a real engagement and level of thought that bodes very well for future achievement in the subject. You are already writing in some depth and considering a variety of different possible meanings to texts. The examples you’ve chosen for the Semiotics task are excellent and I really like the amount of thought and reflection in your initial 10 questions. The only criticism would be that you strike me as the perfect candidate to thrive at university so I’d encourage you to think about that possibility over the next year or so!

EBI: In terms of areas to improve, I would look at your media consumption audit as a starting point. It’s clear that you already have a level of political understanding (based on your Brexit comments) and consume a variety of different types of media. However, I do think that you could be more specific in how you plan to develop in this area and I encourage you to start reading newspapers regularly (even if this is online) and also explore the potential of podcasts. Finally, your Semiotics post was a little later than the deadline so one area we should keep an eye on is organisation, workload and meeting deadlines.

LR: Reflect on your work in A Level Media so far. What is your strongest piece of work? What is your weakest? What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course?

Response:
I think my strongest piece of work is my Genre blog task, and my weakest is my media consumption audit. I think I need to brush up on remembering certain theories regarding genre and also the names of theorists.