Teach me about

Lesson starter

Students become the teacher! One student is tasked with preparing a five minute revision starter about this topic for the beginning of the following lesson.

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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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Consider all reasons

Students are given an open ended statement related to the topic.  In pairs, they identify as many reasons as possible in order to provide an answer to the statement

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What if ...

Starter or plenary activity.
Students work in pairs to discuss a number of 'what if ....' questions

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Draw me a picture

Students are given a selection of key terms and are asked to illustrate one of them in a diagram.

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Word association

A starter or plenary task.

Students are asked to write down all of the words they associate with this topic. They then work with a partner to categorise them.

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Teacher talkabout

Starter or plenary task

The class 'test' the teacher on their knowledge of key words related to this topic

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Lucky dip questions

Starter or plenary task

Every student is given a number at the start of the activity. This is used to help pick who will ask and answer questions about what has been learned during the lesson.

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Pass the buck

An excellent starter or plenary for involving all students and getting them to identify a large number of facts about the current topic

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Just a minute

Starter or plenary task

Students are asked to talk to a partner about this topic for 60 seconds whilst abiding by a set of rules

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One, Two, Three

Can be used either as a starter or a plenary task.

Students are given a sheet to complete firstly on their own, then with a partner and then joining up with another pair

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Give me ten

Students work in pairs to come up with ten words related to this project before joining up with another pair to expand their list.

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New Words

A plenary task

Students have to identify three new words/terms that they learned during this lesson and then explain their meaning

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4-4-2

A plenary activity where students are asked to summarise the lesson and pick out the main key words related to the topic.

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Across the curriculum

A plenary activity.

Students are asked to consider how they could apply what they have learned today in other school subjects and at home

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Corkboard

A great plenary idea both for AFL and for getting feedback from every student

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I predict

This task acts as the plenary from one lesson and the starter for the next lesson

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Mastermind

A plenary activity which is loosely based on the game show 'Mastermind'

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Pyramid

A plenary activity.

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Text me

A plenary activity where students are asked to write a text message to explain what they have learned during the lesson

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Call my bluff

A plenary activity based on the popular game show, ‘Call My Bluff’

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Theory Notes Task

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

Task answers are supplied

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Task

Answers

PNI

Students are asked to identify the positive, negative and interesting points relating to this topic

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Six Angles

Students work in teams to consider the solution to problem or scenario from six different angles

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worksheet

instructions

Create a coding system

Students are given a set of images and asked to develop a system which could be used to identify each image.

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Coding data research task

Students are asked to identify codes which are commonly used within school

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Coding data research task

Students are asked to research various organisations such as Argos, universities etc. and find examples of coded data.

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Exam question - what is wrong?

Students are given a genuine answer written by another student in response to an exam style question.

They have to determine what is wrong with the answer and then write a better one themselves

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100 words

Students have exactly 100 words to summarise the key points about this topic.

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Construct an answer

Students are given an exam style question to answer. They are also given a set of key words to incorporate into their answer.

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Pros and cons

Students are asked to identify the pros and cons for the main factors related to this topic.

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