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Examples of starters:
matching / sequencing exercises e.g. match words with definitions, bingo, snap
summarising e.g. write down what you know about a topic in 3 bullet points, then reduce to 3 words;
Just a Minute (tell your partner about a topic without hesitation, deviation or repetition)
questioning e.g. groups prepare short questions on a topic for another group; answer in role (hot
seating); card loops; true/false statements
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refers back to and consolidates the most important learning points of the lesson
refers back to the learning intentions stated at the beginning of the lesson
puts the learning in context, by linking it both to prior learning and to the coming stages
gives opportunities for informal assessment your quick check that learning has taken place
helps you judge the next steps important in AfL and in enabling you to plan the next lesson
Have a look at some of the Starters and Plenaries in the folder in the Resources section of the Training
Ground. Consider the purpose of each resource for instance, which starters featured could be used to
introduce new learning? Which might recap and reinforce what pupils already know?
Some of the resources could be used as either a starter or a plenary. Which are these? Why might that be?
The dual purpose resources are those can are designed to reinforce or consolidate learning. Used at the start of the
lesson, they can test pupils recall of what they learnt last lesson. Used at the end of a lesson, they can enable both the
teacher and the pupils to assess the learning that has just taken place. See, for example, Literary Terms Bingo,
Empathy Circles (try asking pupils to complete this as if they were a character in a text you are reading), and
Blockbusters Revisited.
This resource was downloaded from www.teachit.co.uk The Training Ground
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