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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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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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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Back-to-front

Students are given a piece of text related to the topic.  The only problem is that the text has been written back-to-front and upside-down. 

Starting from the bottom left-hand corner they need to write down the correct version of the text.

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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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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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Teach me about ...

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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Turn it down

This follows the traditional game of writing a statement, folding or turning the paper down to hide what has been written and then passing it to the next student.

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Theory notes task

This comprehensive set of questions will ensure that students cover the necessary theory about Hacking.

Thanks to Philippa Smith for kindly contributing this resource.

News bulletin

Students work in groups to prepare a news bulletin about this topic.

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Discussion statements

Students are given a number of open ended statements related to this topic. In groups, they discuss each statement in order to see if they can come up with a suitable answer.

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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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Matching pairs

Students work in pairs to turn over two cards and matchup a keyword with an example.

Full instructions are given in the task sheet. Requires preparation prior to the lesson

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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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Matching statements

On the left-hand side is a set of terms.  On the right-hand side is a set of statements or definitions.  Students are asked to draw a line to matchup the correct term and statement.

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Mind Map

Mindmaps are an excellent way to condense a lot of information onto one page, and can be an invaluable aid to revision.

Have a look at our mindmap example.

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Jumble up

Students are given a set of sentences related to this topic. However, the words in the sentences are jumbled up. Their task is to unjumble them so that they can read the words in the correct sequence.

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Once upon a time

Students are given a set of words related to this topic and asked to make up a story incorporating as many of the terms as possible.

Homework

This useful homework should help students to recap on the theory they will have covered in the lesson about hacking and viruses.

A set of answers have been provided

Thanks to Philippa Smith for kindly contributing this resource.