Example starter or plenary activities.
Here are some examples of activities you can prepare and deliver as a student led activity.
Hotseat
To prepare you must make a list of keywords you have been learning about. Choose a student to sit in the ‘hotseat’ at the front of the classroom with the white board behind them. Write a word on the whiteboard for the rest of the class to see (the word should be a key word of the topic being studied). The class members have to give clues to the hotseat person until the guess the word. You can pick people to give a clue or pick people with their hands up.
Clues must be scientific - no sounds like, begins with, actions or hand gestures.
Pictionary
To prepare you must write some keywords you have been learning about on small pieces of paper and fold them up. Choose a student to pick a piece of paper and tell them to secretly read the word. This person has to draw pictures (NO WORDS) on the whiteboard to communicate the word. Class members can guess the word by putting up their hands and you choosing them. The person who guesses correctly can then pick a word and complete the drawing.
Hangman
Hotseat
To prepare you must make a list of keywords you have been learning about. Choose a student to sit in the ‘hotseat’ at the front of the classroom with the white board behind them. Write a word on the whiteboard for the rest of the class to see (the word should be a key word of the topic being studied). The class members have to give clues to the hotseat person until the guess the word. You can pick people to give a clue or pick people with their hands up.
Clues must be scientific - no sounds like, begins with, actions or hand gestures.
Pictionary
To prepare you must write some keywords you have been learning about on small pieces of paper and fold them up. Choose a student to pick a piece of paper and tell them to secretly read the word. This person has to draw pictures (NO WORDS) on the whiteboard to communicate the word. Class members can guess the word by putting up their hands and you choosing them. The person who guesses correctly can then pick a word and complete the drawing.
Hangman
To prepare you must write some keywords you have been learning about on small pieces of paper and fold them up. Choose a student to pick a piece of paper and tell them to secretly read the word. They then draw lines to represent how many letters are in the word. The class can be separated into teams and take turns to suggest a letter. If the letter fits in the word the same team get to suggest another letter. If the letter does not fit one part of the ‘hangman’ is drawn and the next team can suggest a letter. This continues until either the team guess the word or the hangman drawing is completed. A winning team may win a prize from your teacher, for example merits.
20 questions
To prepare you must write some keywords you have been learning about on small pieces of paper and fold them up. Choose a student to pick a piece of paper and tell them to secretly read the word. They should sit on a seat at the front of the class. The class have to ask questions which can only be answered with yes/no to try and guess the word. If someone guesses correctly then they can pick a word and the game can begin again.
To prepare you must write some keywords you have been learning about on small pieces of paper and fold them up. Choose a student to pick a piece of paper and tell them to secretly read the word. They should sit on a seat at the front of the class. The class have to ask questions which can only be answered with yes/no to try and guess the word. If someone guesses correctly then they can pick a word and the game can begin again.
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At the end of the lesson ask students to write 3 things your have learned, 2 things you knew already and 1 thing you still do not understand. This is flexible and can be altered to meet you needs, for example 3 skills you improved, 2 found easy and 1 thing which you found really hard.
At the end of the lesson ask students to write 3 things your have learned, 2 things you knew already and 1 thing you still do not understand. This is flexible and can be altered to meet you needs, for example 3 skills you improved, 2 found easy and 1 thing which you found really hard.
Quiz Quiz Trade
Students write a question about today's lesson on a small piece of paper, followed by the correct answer. Students then stand up and raise their hand to indicate they are looking for a partner. When a partner is found students ask each other their questions. When they have both asked and answered the questions they swap their questions then find another partner.
When working with classes or in classrooms where students cannot move around easily the whole class stands and each student chooses someone to answer their questions, 1 by 1.
Students write a question about today's lesson on a small piece of paper, followed by the correct answer. Students then stand up and raise their hand to indicate they are looking for a partner. When a partner is found students ask each other their questions. When they have both asked and answered the questions they swap their questions then find another partner.
When working with classes or in classrooms where students cannot move around easily the whole class stands and each student chooses someone to answer their questions, 1 by 1.
Find Someone Who
To prepare for this activity you must make a sheet which has quiz questions from the lesson.
Students must find another student who knows the answer for 1 question on the sheet, writing their name as well as the correct answer.
To prepare for this activity you must make a sheet which has quiz questions from the lesson.
Students must find another student who knows the answer for 1 question on the sheet, writing their name as well as the correct answer.