10 Questions

A volunteer (either a student or class teacher) is given a slip of paper so they know 'what they are'.

The rest of the class can ask up to a maximum of 10 questions to guess what they are. The volunteer can only answer 'yes' or 'no'

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30 Seconds

Students are shown a number of terms for exactly 30 seconds. They need to memorise as many as possible. After 30 seconds, the terms are hidden and they need to write down as many terms as they can remember along with at least one fact about that term.

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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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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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Sort a Sentance

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

Requires preparation before the lesson.

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Teacher Talkabout

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

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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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Mastermind

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

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Pyramid

A plenary activity.

Students are asked to complete a self assessment sheet to indicate what they have learned during this lesson

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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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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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Theory Notes Task 2

This set of questions will help students to cover the necessary theory about this Act.

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What Am I?

Students are given descriptions related to this topic and asked to identify what is being referred to.

Theory task 3

This task provides an attractively laid out sheet for students to store basic notes on this topic.

Students need to identify just the key points and record them in the clearly marked spaces.

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Key Terms

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

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Prioritise

Students are given a set of terms related to this topic. They are asked to prioritise them in order of importance.

NOTE: there is no one correct answer. The aim is to encourage higher order thinking skills and to get students to think about and justify their decisions with a partner.

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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 8 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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Crossword Clues

Students are given a completed crossword and asked to write the clues.  This task is an excellent way to help students really understand the meaning of each term.
Differentiation is achieved through the complexity of the clues written.

Students can swop clues and provide feedback on their clarity.

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