GCSE OPTIONS. food technology & drama

[Barmi]

Drama is hard but its not. You get set 1,000 words essays and you have to do 7 of these for coursework, yes it seems a lot, but once you've practiced once or twice its really easy. As for practical, the exam consists of three parts:
1) A 3 week period in which you are filmed and marked on all of your performances (then you will write 3 1,000 word essays on this period)
2) Another 3 week period in which you are filmed and marked on all of your performances (then you will write TWO 1,000 word essays on this period)
3) About a 6 week period @ the end of year 11 in which you just prepare for your final exam... then you do your 30 minute performance to an examier when you will get a final mark.

If you're thinking "what thats only 5 essays?" well you should go and watch two shows and write 1 essay on each show (which is also a 1,000 words) but only one of these essays get submitted. You may think this seems so hard but its not, its hard but its also fun and you get used to it and you do get really good results @ the end.

I hope this makes sense + helps you.

Depends on the exam board... because it sounds like you got an awful one!

All I had to do was two workshops each lasting a day each, with a portfolio (presented how you saw best) going through what you explored, and then a final performance. A review of the professional performance we saw would be put in one of our portfolios.

I loved GCSE Drama; it was such a break from my other subjects and far less contrived than Food Technology from what I've seen.

[Hazza]

I love GCSE Drama
Whether I have a crap board or not.

[KnuxIBF]

Food Tech is a massive load of work, frankly.

I spent most of today doing coursework, as it was a snow day, and I'm only about half-way through what I need to do.

Coursework's handed in on the 23rd Feb, and is around 30 FULL A3 pages. Oh, and for me, it's 60% of my overall grade.

36% of your GCSE with AQA is making.
24% is theory.
40% is exam.

Hope that helps

[Soy]

Food technology sounds so ****. In our school they just call it 'Catering'

Anyway drama is deffinetely a must if you like performing.
Easy exams, easy coursework and I should be getting an A or A* at the end. Piss easy subject

[PriceTags]

Food technology sounds so ****. In our school they just call it 'Catering'

Anyway drama is deffinetely a must if you like performing.
Easy exams, easy coursework and I should be getting an A or A* at the end. Piss easy subject

My school offers Food Technology and catering. One friend took one and another took the other. I think the catering one is more practical.

If you are worried about the awful exam boards, check your options booklet to see if they give the name of an exam board (AQA, OCR, WJEC, Edexcel etc) and check their website to find the course and the specification. If it sounds too much like solid writing and not enough of the actual subject, maybe you should think of something else. Do you have a career in mind? If you do, think of stuff you'll need for that, because it will make (if you choose to do them) your A-levels easier and eventually (if you choose to go) your university studies easier.

[clarissa !!]

i loved food tech
its like 80% coursework though so be prepared, i loved it though and its easy as piss to pass. i got an a* in it and thats saying something

[Bun]

Depends on the exam board... because it sounds like you got an awful one!

All I had to do was two workshops each lasting a day each, with a portfolio (presented how you saw best) going through what you explored, and then a final performance. A review of the professional performance we saw would be put in one of our portfolios.

I loved GCSE Drama; it was such a break from my other subjects and far less contrived than Food Technology from what I've seen.

my workshops were 2 days each!

[Barmi]

my workshops were 2 days each!

Ahh! Good point... my first one was two days long, but my second was only a day. I can't exactly remember why though...

The point is that the workshops are a bit of fun, and portfolios only take a few hours to do.

[Wig44.]

At my school, for food tech I have done well over 100 a3 sheets and a good 50 a4 sheets of coursework, and I still have a few more months of it to go and I'm at a B. Food GCSE is CRAP you never cook and believe me it is what I am taking and it sucks harder than michael jackson and a naked young child. Food BTEC is cooking every week, with a very small evaluation following which basically says: I cooked X, the ingredients were X, (and the quantities) Methods used to cook and a small description. That takes 10 minutes - not to mention a btec worth more than 1 gcse.

Drama has a lot of essays but iis fun and rewarding, I don't take it myself but some friends do and the feedback was positive.