Resources:A4/A5 paper!How It Works:Students are given a piece of paper each- They fold it in half. Students are then told to write down a keyword on the left hand side of the paper- based on the subject area/topic of your choice. They …
“All Aboard the Poetry (insert other suitable topic here) Train!” Resources: Sounds- A3/4/5 Paper? How It Works: The students are given 20? minutes to annotate a copy of their chosen poem- they could also make a set of well presented …
STRATEGY DEPLOYING Resources: (Click on the links to download) Strategy grid Listening/reading/writing activity How it works? Pick a strategy such as ‘Before listening: Think of 10 words we might hear’ and then conduct the task. Afterwards, ask pupils to assess …
This is a post written by two Year 11 GCSE Citizenship students- Who lead 30minutes of the lesson.They planned this activity completely themselves- tweet them what you think www.twitter.com/BulmershePeace The Treasure-fact hunt! Resources: 10 Questions with answers 10 facts about …
UPDATED- 29th MARCH 2014!CLICK HERE —> link FOR A VIDEO I PRESENTED AT #TMSURREY Resources:Various different Poundland resources! Or Tesco keep it handy range! Or Hobby Craft! How It Works: This post has been inspired by the excellent article about #PoundlandPedagogy by- Pimp Your Lesson …
U Shape Continuum-Resources:None!How it works:Ask students to line up in order of their level of understanding/current grade/progress… (Up to you!)From really confident/A* to really confused/U grade.You should then snake the students from the end of the line to bring all …
Do you remember getting told off at school for passing notes in class? That age-old teenage tradition that is now rapidly being replaced by its 21st Century counterpart: under-the-desk texting? Well for old time’s sake let’s resurrect that ancient ritual …
Resources:2 DiceHow It Works:Students throw 2 dice and if they get e.g. a 2 and a 4, find the box 2 across and 4 down. They need to make a sentence containing the words/picture from the 2 boxes. The question marked …
Resources: Liquid chalk pens… (Can also be found on eBay/Amazon at a good price) Task:Students writing on windows- or any glass surface!! The pens are easy to wipe off and come in a variety of colours!You can use your windows to …
Resources: 3 versions of a paragraph of text. (Each version has more words missing.) How It Works: Share with students a paragraph of text. This can be displayed or read out loud Then display/read out the same paragraph but with key words …