Testing: Teacher Resources

Testing: Lesson Tasks

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Workbook Students read the theory notes on the mini website and then answer the questions on the task sheet. (subscription only)	task answers
Practice exam questions Students are given a set of questions which are similar to those they might expect to see in their written examination. This is a useful task which will provide students with a good opportunity to gain practice on question answering technique. (subscription only)	task answers
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. (subscription only)	task
Construct an answer Students are given an exam style question to answer. They are also given a set of key words to incorporate into their answer. (subscription only)	task
Tick the answers Students are given a number of different statements relating to this topic. They have to decide whether the statement is true or false and place a tick in the correct box. (subscription only)	task answers
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. (subscription only)	task answers
Agony aunt Students are put into the role of an agony aunt who has to answer a set of letters about technology related problems. (subscription only)	task
Key terms Starter or plenary. A good activity to encourage teamwork. Students compete in groups to identify as many key terms as possible. (subscription only)	task
100 words Students have exactly 100 words to summarise the key points about this topic (subscription only)	task
QR codes A good kinaesthetic activity. Students have to find, decode and answer questions stored in the form of QR codes. (subscription only)	task answers
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'. (subscription only)	task
Wordle Students write a set of notes about this topic and then use them as the basis to create a word cloud. Their work can be used to create a classroom display. (subscription only)	task
You are the teacher Students work in small groups to prepare a lesson on this topic. They are provided with information and tips about the tasks they need to prepare. (subscription only)	task
Create a crossword Students are given step by step instructions about creating their own crossword which they can then give to fellow students to solve (subscription only)	task
Podcast Students are given instructions about creating a revision podcast based on this topic (subscription only)	task
Poster Students are asked to create a poster that could be used for a classroom display. Key design techniques are suggested. (subscription only)	task
Mind map Students are given the basic structure of a mind map for this topic. They are asked to recreate the structure on their own sheet of paper and add further detail to each of the branches. (subscription only)	task