Sort a sentence task

Students work in pairs to reconstruct a cut up sentence about this topic.

Requires preparation before the lesson.

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Pick a side

A set of terms or statements are shown on the screen. Students have to decide whether they are related to hardware or software and run to the correct side of the room. Any students which get it wrong are 'out'

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Taboo

This starter or plenary follows the theme of the traditional Taboo game. Students work in teams with one student from each team having their back to the board. A word is displayed on the board and teams take it in turns to describe the word to the student without actually mentioning the word itself.

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Three facts

Students are asked to write down three facts that they can remember off the top of their heads about the topic.

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10 Seconds

Students are shown a term or given a scenario and they have exactly 10 seconds to come up with 5 different, suitable answers.

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3-2-1

Display this on the whiteboard as students are walking through the door. They can work individually or in pairs to come up with the answers.

Good for differentiation as all students should be able to get at least one of the six points.

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Theory Notes Task

Students read the theory notes on the mini website and then answer the questions on the task sheet.

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Identify which is hardware or software

Students are given a list of items and have to decide which of the items are hardware and which are software

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Fill-in-the-gaps task

Students are given a piece of text with a number of key words removed. The key words appear in a table above the text. They need to replace the words correctly back into the text.

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Correct the teacher

Students are given a piece of text written by a teacher. The text contains a number of mistakes. They are asked to read the text and correct any mistakes they find.

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Exam style questions

Students are given a set of questions which are similar to those they might expect to see in their GCSE written examination.

A good opportunity to give students practice on question answering technique.

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Reduce it!

Students are given a section of theory. They pick out the 20 most important words. They are then asked to reduce these to the 10 they consider to be the most important.

A great task for really getting them to concentrate and think about the text in front of them.

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Key Terms Task

Students are asked to provide a definition and example for key terms related to this topic

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