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This document provides guidance on effective lesson starters and plenaries. It discusses how teachers commonly use questioning and exposition to start lessons, but that questions are often low-level. Successful starters can set the tone and engage students. The purpose of plenaries is to review learning objectives and allow students to demonstrate their understanding. The document provides examples of different types of starters and plenaries teachers can use, as well as tips for making starters short, varied, and engaging and ensuring plenaries are planned and link back to the lesson.
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Starters and Enders Presentation

This document provides guidance on effective lesson starters and plenaries. It discusses how teachers commonly use questioning and exposition to start lessons, but that questions are often low-level. Successful starters can set the tone and engage students. The purpose of plenaries is to review learning objectives and allow students to demonstrate their understanding. The document provides examples of different types of starters and plenaries teachers can use, as well as tips for making starters short, varied, and engaging and ensuring plenaries are planned and link back to the lesson.
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Who? What?

When?
Where? Why?

What are the most common ways to start a lesson?


Teacher exposition Question and answer sessions

Some Research Results about Questions


Teachers ask a lot of questions They ask mainly low level questions Average response time allowed is 1-2 secs. Only a limited number of pupils respond

Successful starters can help IMPORTANCE OF STARTERS to create:


relaxed/alertness
a common body of knowledge engagement interest enthusiasm and anticipation for the next phase of learning pace challenge

Who is he? Does it even matter?

How would you group these objects??

Do you believe that this room has no corners?

The purpose of diamond ranking is to provoke discussion or reflection about the relative importance of a range of factors. It encourages a focus on the single most important factor, then the next two, the next three and so on. most
important

least important

How to do a good starter


they must be short they must fit into a specific time slot they must maintain pace and direction variety challenge and engage

The purpose of having a plenary is:


to help pupils understand and remember what they have learned to refer back to the learning objectives in the starter create a sense of achievement, gain and completion - recognise the value of individuals and the class as a whole take stock of where the class has reached to take learning further

List 3 things you / your neighbour found out today...


Write all the words relating to today's work you can in the next 60 seconds Create a mnemonic to remember today's key idea The answer is ******* - now write the question... Which of n statements is the best... What will happen next ? What will we do next lesson ?

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Diplomacy

Air Strike Pros


Sends a strong message Not relying on C/S word to remove missiles

Naval Quarantine Cons Pros


Preservation of U.S. troops Non-combative method Result in removal of all sites and missiles if successful

Pros

No use of troops Inexpensive No casualties

Cons

Cons
Not guaranteed to get all sites Possibility of missing operational missiles Surprise attack not American tradition (Pearl Harbor)

Might be viewed as weak Have to compromise Jupiter missiles in Turkey

What if Soviet ships ignore order? Relying on Soviet/Cuban to

remove.

How can you make sure that plenaries are a success ?


plan for the plenary as a distinct part of the lesson
make sure it links with the lesson objectives give pupils the chance to review their learning

don't use the same sort of plenary each lesson - try a variety of enders

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