Year 10 This unit of work was taught at the beginning of Year 10, to enable me to get to know the pupils and introduce a range of GCSE skills needed for the rest of the course. On sugar paper, pupils draw and map all of the different forces and energies behind the creation, i.e. Time, the Supernatural, the Planets etc. In pairs, pupils represent members of the public who have come together to tell their stories about supernatural experiences. On the panel there is a UFO expert, Fortune Teller, Psychic, Owner of a haunted house, Astronaut, Astronomer etc who all have a story to tell. Other members of the class act as the audience by asking questions.
Pupils create a questionnaire to research why people are so fascinated by the supernatural.
They interview members of the public about the Science Fiction programmes that they watch, any supernatural experiences that they have had, whether they believe in ghosts, etc. This piece of work is word processed and read to the class. An episode of the X-Files is studied by the whole class. The opening scene is closely analysed to establish plot, character, alien, generic conventions. The opening sequence is watched once more to study the way that music, light, camera shot and colour is used to heighten tension.