What? Why? How?

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

Students are given a scenario. They have to suggest a solution, explain why they feel their solution is the most appropriate and finally explain how to implement their solution.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lesson summary

Students are asked to write down three things that they have learned during the lesson.

This plenary gives them an opportunity to evaluate the lesson and their learning and an AFL opportunity for the teacher.

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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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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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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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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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News bulletin

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

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Presentation task

Students can take forever to set up a presentation often wasting valuable lesson time choosing their background colours and font styles.

This resource provides students with a template for this topic with the aim on them spending time on the content rather than the 'pretty stuff'.

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Case study

Students read a current news story and then answer questions based on the information they have just read

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