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Starter and plenary tasks

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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Acting up

A fun starter activity.

Students are given a character card. They then have to explain a term related to this topic whilst staying in character.

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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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Teach me about

Lesson starter

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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Draw me a picture

Starter or plenary

Students are given a selection of key terms and are asked to illustrate one of them in a diagram.

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Give me ten

A starter or plenary task

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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Just a minute

Starter or plenary task

Students are asked to talk to a partner about this topic for 60 seconds whilst abiding by a set of rules

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Teacher talkabout

Starter or plenary task

The class 'test' the teacher on their knowledge of key words related to this topic

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Lucky dip questions

Starter 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.

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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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Pass the buck

An excellent starter or plenary for involving all students and getting them to identify a large number of facts about the current topic

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Three facts

Starter or plenary task

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 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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4-4-2

A plenary activity where students are asked to summarise the lesson and pick out the main key words related to the topic.

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Corkboard

A great plenary idea both for AFL and for getting feedback from every student

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I predict

This task acts as the plenary from one lesson and the starter for the next lesson

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Lesson summary

This plenary provides students with an opportunity to evaluate the lesson and their learning and an AFL opportunity for the teacher.

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Text me

A plenary activity where students are asked to write a text message to explain what they have learned during the lesson

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Mastermind

A plenary activity which is loosely based on the game show 'Mastermind'

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Call my bluff

A plenary activity based on the popular game show, ‘Call My Bluff’

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Lesson tasks and homework

Theory Notes Task

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

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Connectives Task

Useful for encouraging students to expand and justify their answers

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Differentiated crossword

Includes three levels of difficulty to support differentiation

Answers are included

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Exam question - what is wrong?

Students are given a genuine answer written by another student in response to an exam style question.

They have to determine what is wrong with the answer and then write a better one themselves

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Hammering the message home

This is sure to panic the students but hopefully it will make them remember an important lesson

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Making backups

 

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100 words

Students have exactly 100 words to summarise the key points about this topic

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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.

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PNI

Students are asked to identify the positive, negative and interesting points relating to this topic

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Case Study Tasks

News Case Study

The ticking time bomb (subscription only)

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News Case Study Answers

The ticking time bomb (subscription only)

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News Story

Fresh start for lost file formats

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