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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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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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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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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Lucky dip questions

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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Memorise this!

Students work in pairs or small groups to remember words which have been shown to them.

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One, two, three

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

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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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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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Word tennis

Students work in groups of three with two 'serving' words related to the topic. The observer monitors for words which are 'out'

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Scrabble

Students are given a blank scrabble type sheet and take it in turns to write down key words related to this topic

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Theory Notes Task Option 1

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 Option 2

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

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Fill-in-the-gaps

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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Mind Map

Students are given the basic structure of a mind map for this topic. They are asked to complete the mind map by adding extra branches.

Mind maps are a useful tool to use as a revision aid.

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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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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 swap clues and provide feedback on their clarity.

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Create your own crossword

Students are given step by step instructions about creating their own crossword which they can then give to fellow students to solve

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Identify the question

Students are given the answer to a number of questions.  Their task is to identify what the original question might have been.

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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 un-jumble them so that they can read the words in the correct sequence.

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News Bulletin

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

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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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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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