E-R Diagrams: Teacher Resources
E-R Diagrams: Starters and Plenaries
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Acting upA fun starter activity. Students are given a character card. They then have to explain a term related to this topic whilst staying in character. (subscription only) |
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30 secondsStudents 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. (subscription only) |
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Compare and contrastA starter activity (subscription only) |
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Teach me about ..Lesson starter (subscription only) |
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Draw me a pictureStarter or plenary Students are given a selection of key terms and are asked to illustrate one of them in a diagram. (subscription only) |
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Give me tenA starter or plenary task (subscription only) |
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Just a minuteStarter or plenary task Students are asked to talk to a partner about this topic for 60 seconds whilst abiding by a set of rules (subscription only) |
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Lucky dip questionsStarter 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. (subscription only) |
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One, two, threeCan 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 (subscription only) |
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Pass the buckAn excellent starter or plenary for involving all students and getting them to identify a large number of facts about the current topic (subscription only) |
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Teacher talkaboutStarter or plenary task The class 'test' the teacher on their knowledge of key words related to this topic (subscription only) |
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4-4-2A plenary activity where students are asked to summarise the lesson and pick out the main key words related to the topic. (subscription only) |
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Call My BluffA plenary activity based on the popular game show, ‘Call My Bluff’ (subscription only) |
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MastermindA plenary activity which is loosely based on the game show 'Mastermind' (subscription only) |
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One WordA plenary task. Students have to sum up today's lesson in just one sentence. They must include a given word within that sentence. (subscription only) |
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Word building gamePlenary task Students work in groups to construct a sentence about today’s lesson (subscription only) |
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CorkboardA great plenary idea both for AFL and for getting feedback from every student (subscription only) |
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I predictThis task acts as the plenary from one lesson and the starter for the next lesson (subscription only) |
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PyramidA plenary activity. Students are asked to complete a self assessment sheet to indicate what they have learned during this lesson (subscription only) |
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Text meA plenary activity where students are asked to write a text message to explain what they have learned during the lesson (subscription only) |
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Tweet itA plenary activity (subscription only) |
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Questions to askA starter task. Students are given a list of categories and asked to write down the questions they would like answered from today's lesson (subscription only) |
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Ten questionsA lesson starter activity. 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' (subscription only) |
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Starters or Plenaries:
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Can you answer it nowStarter and plenary. Students are given a list of questions at the start of the lesson, and asked to answer them at the end of the lesson using what they have learned. (subscription only) |
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Three factsA starter or plenary task in which students are asked to write down three facts that they can remember off the top of their heads about the topic. (subscription only) |
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What why howStarter or plenary task. Students are asked three questions framed as ?What ?Why? and ?How (subscription only) |
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Give me 10A starter or plenary task. Students work in pairs before joining up with another pair to expand their list. (subscription only) |
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Just a minuteStarter or plenary task. Students are asked to talk to a partner about this topic for 60 seconds whilst abiding by a set of rules (subscription only) |
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Pick meThis provides a differentiated starter or plenary activity. Students are given a question and work in groups to come up with an answer. (subscription only) |
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Whats your opinionStarter and plenary task. Students are given a statement about this topic and asked to discuss their opinion in pairs. At the end of the lesson they can reassess whether their original opinion has changed (subscription only) |
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Plenaries:
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CrosswordStudents are given step by step instructions about creating their own crossword which they can then give to fellow students to solve (subscription only) |
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MastermindA plenary activity which is loosely based on the game show 'Mastermind' (subscription only) |
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TabooA plenary activity. This task follows the traditional Taboo game. Students work in teams with one student from each team having their back to the board. A word is displayed on the board and teams take it in turns to describe the word to the student without actually mentioning the word itself. (subscription only) |
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Teach me aboutLesson plenary. 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. (subscription only) |
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