Secondary Starters and Plenaries: Ready-to-use activities for teaching any subject

Presented here are 50 ready-to-use starters and plenaries for use in the first five minutes and ends of lessons to engage students and reinforce material in secondary classrooms of any subject. They are activity-based, can be adapted to any topic, and can be used as either a starter or plenary. They relate to activities that encourage students to illustrate their learning using their own words or images; questioning; defining, learning, and using key words; game shows; mysteries, puzzles, or challenges; physical activities; and reflecting on learning. They include variations, examples, and explanations of how to use the activity. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Provides secondary school teachers with a wide range of highly creative suggestions for classroom starters and plenaries. >
Looking for time saving, creative, ready-to-use activities to kick-start and round up your lessons? Look no further!
Starters and plenaries are now an essential part of all lessons and this highly practical, bestselling book provides busy secondary teachers with 50 creative activities to use in the classroom. The tasks will help ensure the first five minutes of any lesson are a time for motivation, energy and forward thinking and will help students to reflect on, and embed their learning at the end.From game show inspired quizzes to bingo and dominoes, Kate Brown's wealth of original ideas have been tried and tested by secondary teachers and can be adapted to use in any subject. Concise explanations and cross-curricular examples make this book an accessible and time saving resource for all secondary teachers looking to inject some new life and enthusiasm into their lessons.