Lesson 10: The Creative Critical Reflection
Media Studies · Unit 4 · Lesson 10 of 16 · ← L09 | L11 →
At a glance
| Days | 4 — Mon+Tue two-day block, Wed double (CS7), Fri single |
| Dates | Mon 2026-11-16 · Tue 11-17 · Wed 11-18 · Fri 11-20 |
| Band/Unit | U4 Representation (S1 Unit 4) |
| AO focus | AO2 — where AO2 lives in the portfolio |
| Deliverable | Complete CCR redraft posted to the blog (CS7 review inside) |
| Feeds | A3 |
| Homework | Finish the redraft moves agreed in class (30-min cap) |
Goal
One week, one artifact: the creative critical reflection (CCR). It carries a fifth of the A3 marks, because it is where AO2 lives in the portfolio. The rule for all four days is also the success criterion: cut every sentence that describes instead of reflects. A description says what you did; a reflection names a decision, a reason, or a change. Your production diaries from L05 are the evidence base this week.
How it runs
D1 — Mon 11-16: Q1, against the evidence
- The artifact (10 min) — the four CCR questions in student language, EN/ZH; the format menu from the coursebook (director’s commentary, voiceover presentation, podcast, screencast). Choose your format by Friday. “Presented creatively, using technology” is a requirement, not a suggestion.
- Q1 drafted (25 min) — conventions and social groups: how your product uses or challenges conventions, and how it represents — drafted against the blog’s own evidence and last week’s stereotype audit. The L08 audit findings are Q1’s best material: a fixed stereotype is a reflection sentence waiting to happen.
- Close (10 min) — add one honest sentence that flatters nobody (“we chose the location because it was available, and it shows in the lighting”). Examiners read honesty as reflection.
D2 — Tue 11-17: Q2, and the diaries pay out
- Q2 drafted (25 min) — audiences and distribution: who the product engages and how it would really circulate. Use the audience profile from post 3 and the screening response cards as evidence; “young people aged 15–25” is banned as a sentence.
- Diary harvest (15 min) — open your WS 6.4 production diaries beside your drafts: every entry in the decisions/consequences columns is a ready-made reflection sentence — decided X because Y; consequence Z. Transcribe the three best into your drafts.
- Close (5 min) — add the second honest sentence.
D3 — Wed 11-18 (double): Q3, Q4, and CS7
- Q3 + Q4 drafted (40 min) — skills development (from day-one footage to the rough cut — name what changed and what changed it) and technology integration (software, hardware, online — as decisions, not inventory: “we used X so that Y”).
- CS7 (40 min) — full drafts reviewed against the real C1 criteria, by teacher and peers, describe → question → suggest; every draft leaves with a written action list in C1 criteria language.
- Close (10 min) — one sample sentence converted live from describe to reflect.
D4 — Fri 11-20: sentence surgery
This session may fall on Foreign Culture Day; whether it runs will be confirmed in class.
- The sort (15 min) — the surgery sheet: ten sample sentences, five descriptive, five reflective; sort them, then name the tell — reflective sentences contain a decision, a reason, or a change; descriptive ones contain a sequence of events.
- The surgery (25 min) — run the test on your own draft, sentence by sentence: cut or convert describers. Finalize your format.
- Post before leaving (5 min) — post your complete redraft to the blog, dated. A3 is one week out; the CCR is now portfolio material, not homework.
Assessment
| Item | Date | What | AO |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS7 | Wed 2026-11-18 | CCR draft review against the real C1 criteria; direct practice for A3 | AO2 |
Dates in this plan are provisional and may shift when the school publishes the calendar for this period.
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