Challenge pupils to produce a presentation related to the lesson lasting no longer than 60 seconds.
Engage your pupils observation skills through challenging them to spot the mistakes in an activity or piece of work.
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Challenge pupils to convert information related to the lesson into other formats to improve their understanding.
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Let the pupils demonstrate their learning straight from the start of the lesson with prepared activity packs.
Test pupils reading and listening skills and understanding of the lesson context by using true or false answers.
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Support independent learning through the use of ‘Fact Islands’ and at the same time transform your room into a learning resource.
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Centred around a picture related to the lesson, pupils hunt and match the clues in a different approach to learning.
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In this activity send you pupils off to find clues and solve problems as an alternative way to deliver your lesson.
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Main lesson activity in which the pupils follow a carousel of 5 minute activities set up around the classroom.
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Challenge your pupils thinking by asking them to predict what comes next from a piece of text related to the lesson.
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Support your pupils understanding by analysing chunks of text using a simple pyramid diagram to aid learning.
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Get your pupils thinking through carrying out a research task to generate questions for the rest of the class.
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Get pupils moving by arranging questions around your classroom for them to visit. Also get them to reflect on each others answers.
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Get pupils moving with this relay based on communicating and replicating a set diagram related to the lesson.
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Use ‘boxing’ to encourage active assessment of literacy. A simple technique to focus students.
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Develop active assessment skills through supporting students to focus on the spelling of keywords.
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Utilise the power of listening skills to support the assessment of literacy within written work.
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Challenge your students to assess their use of punctuation with a focus on specific types.
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Give students a starting position through identifying the lines of text containing errors.
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Support student identification of errors within their work with simple, clear codes related to literacy.
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This is a strategy to help students engage with an extended piece of text when reading.
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This formula is aimed at helping to construct arguments in relation to text.
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This is a more challenging version of the PEE and PQE formulas for constructing arguments.
This resource is aimed at helping students to understand when to start a new paragraph within their extended writing.
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This is the main resource for supporting your students in producing extended writing.
Use the 4-part Q-Time strategy to structure effective questioning sessions to maximise progress.
Use the 4-part Q-Time strategy including bouncing questions to structure effective questioning sessions.
Use the BIG Assessment framework in conjunction with green pen to use reflection to inform improvements.
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Students use the BIG Assessment framework to reflect upon their work using green pen.
As part of the BIG Assessment framework there are times when students will receive detailed feedback from their teachers.
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BIG assessment is as much about providing quality reflection as it is about acting upon the feedback given.
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Encouraging students to reflect upon their work is essential to developing their independence around how to improve.
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Use this resource for when you wish to undertake an activity to instruct students.
This resource is designed to be used when the students are to undertake a practical activity to demonstrate their learning.
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This resource is designed to be used when the teacher needs to give a demonstration to the class or groups of students.
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This resource is designed to be used when the students are required to watch a video clip.
This resource is designed to be used when the students are required to undertake a listening activity.
Reading is often an important part of a lesson. However what is important is to use clear guidance on what makes effective reading.
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Use this resource for student presentations to the class or groups. The resource includes a set of timers to use so that you can monitor the presentations.
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Teacher explanations form an important part of lessons to impart knowledge directly from the expert.
Use this resource when you want the class to undertake an activity, this could be individual, pairs or groups.
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In-lesson tests and exams are a great opportunity to build and reinforce examination skills and technique.
Periods of extended writing are ideal for developing students’ literacy skills. These can be tied in with the Connect strategy and the Connect Mat.
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There are times during a lesson when the use of a textbook exercise is a useful way to reinforce the learning taking place.
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There are times during a lesson when the use of a worksheet exercise is a useful way to reinforce the learning taking place.
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Mind mapping is an effective away to download information and to allow students to reflect on the learning they already know.
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Learning Blooms focusses on giving students independent choice over how to interpret their learning.
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Learning Blooms focusses on giving students independent choice over how to interpret their learning.
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Learning Blooms focusses on giving students independent choice over how to interpret their learning.
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Learning Blooms focusses on giving students independent choice over how to interpret their learning.
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Learning Blooms focusses on giving students independent choice over how to interpret their learning.
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Learning Blooms focusses on giving students independent choice over how to interpret their learning.
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Learning Blooms focusses on giving students independent choice over how to interpret their learning.
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Learning Blooms focusses on giving students independent choice over how to interpret their learning.
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Learning Blooms focusses on giving students independent choice over how to interpret their learning.
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Get students to consider their learning and produce a hot list of the 10 keywords to summarise the learning within the lesson.
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Get students to prepare a presentation that they will perform to the class. This should challenge them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to prepare a presentation that they will perform to the class. This should challenge them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to prepare a presentation that they will perform to the class. This should challenge them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to write an argument. They will need to consider the main points from the learning and why these are important.
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Get students to use the information that they have learnt to create a series of blog posts to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to design and make a board game that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to be creative when demonstrating their learning through the use of cartoons to represent key facts.
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Get students to write a comparison. They will need to consider what to compare and look at the similarities and differences.
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Get students to produce a mind map that reflects the learning that has taken place and identifies how this learning can be improved.
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Get students to create a diagram to demonstrate and apply their learning. They will need to consider how to translate information into graphical form.
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Get students to create flashcards to demonstrate and apply their learning. They will need to consider how to translate information into graphics.
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Get students to create a flowchart to demonstrate and apply their learning. They will need to consider how to translate information into graphical form.
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Get students to consider how they can present their learning as a graph or a chart. They will need to consider how to translate information into values.
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Get students to design and make a hanging mobile that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to use pictures and limited text to produce an infographic to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to demonstrate what they have learnt through the production of a leaflet to outline the different aspects.
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Get students to draft a letter that is based upon a conveying the learning that is taking place to another person.
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Get students to design and make a mini sculpture that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to use the various features of a newspaper article to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to design and make a piece of packaging that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to create a picture mind map to demonstrate their learning. They will need to consider how to translate information into pictures.
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Get students to produce a popup card that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to use the various features of a simple postcard to demonstrate and apply their learning.
Get students to graphically demonstrate and apply their learning with poster. Students creativity will challenge their learning.
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Get students to create a relationship diagram to demonstrate and apply their learning.
Get students to plan and act out an interview. This should challenge them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to prepare a presentation that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to write a short story (or part of a story) that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to plan and act out a short story. This should challenge them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to produce a single sketch that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to produce a series of sketches that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to create a song. The contents of this should challenge them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to write a short, concise speech. This should challenge them to demonstrate what they have learnt.
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Get students to design and make a stage set that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to produce a step-by-step plan that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to produce a drawn step-by-step plan that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to create a story to demonstrate and apply their learning. They will need to devise a plot and characters.
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Get students to produce a storyboard that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
Get students to design and make a spinner that can be used as part of a game to summarise their learning.
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Get students to consider their learning and produce a summary tree containing the key points that summarise the learning within the lesson.
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Get students to produce a tweet within the character limit. This should challenge them to demonstrate what they have learnt.
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Get students to produce a set of twitter posts within the character limit. This should challenge them to demonstrate what they have learnt.
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Get students to design the layout of a website page that challenges them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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Get students to write an interview that is based upon a conversation related to the learning that is taking place.
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Get students to plan and act out a YouTube video. This should challenge them to demonstrate and apply their learning.
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As part of the BIG Assessment framework there are times when students will receive detailed feedback from their teachers.
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As part of the BIG Assessment framework there are times when students will receive detailed feedback from their teachers.
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Use the BIG Assessment framework in conjunction with green pen to use reflection to inform improvements.
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Use the BIG Assessment framework in conjunction with green pen to use reflection to inform improvements.
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Use the BIG Assessment framework in conjunction with green pen to use reflection to inform improvements.
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BIG assessment is as much about providing quality reflection as it is about acting upon the feedback given.
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BIG assessment is as much about providing quality reflection as it is about acting upon the feedback given.
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BIG assessment is as much about providing quality reflection as it is about acting upon the feedback given.
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Students use the BIG Assessment framework to reflect upon their work using green pen or they can be given the assessment criteria.
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Students use the BIG Assessment framework to reflect upon their work using green pen or they can be given the assessment criteria.
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Students use the BIG Assessment framework to reflect upon their work using green pen or they can be given the assessment criteria.
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Encouraging students to reflect upon their work is essential to developing their independence around how to improve.
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Encouraging students to reflect upon their work is essential to developing their independence around how to improve.
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Encouraging students to reflect upon their work is essential to developing their independence around how to improve.
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Using group work, test pupils knowledge with this quick fire assessment activity set around 10 questions.
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Using group work, test pupils knowledge with this quick fire assessment activity set around 10 questions.
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Let the pupils demonstrate their learning straight from the start of the lesson with prepared activity packs.
Challenge pupils to produce a presentation related to the lesson lasting no longer than 60 seconds.
Engage your pupils observation skills through challenging them to spot the mistakes in an activity or piece of work.
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Challenge pupils to convert information related to the lesson into other formats to improve their understanding.
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Test pupils reading and listening skills and understanding of the lesson context by using true or false answers.
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Support independent learning through the use of ‘Fact Islands’ and at the same time transform your room into a learning resource.
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Pupils are to translate information into a Facebook page and timeline to aid their understanding of the lesson facts.
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Use the whole class to produce a mind map on a gigantic scale whilst allowing them to support each other.
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Centred around a picture related to the lesson, pupils hunt and match the clues in a different approach to learning.
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In this activity send you pupils off to find clues and solve problems as an alternative way to deliver your lesson.
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A main lesson activity in which the pupils follow a carousel of 5 minute activities set up around the classroom.
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Test pupils through giving them a range of questions for a piece of text but only some of them can be answered.
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Challenge your pupils thinking by asking them to predict what comes next from a piece of text related to the lesson.
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Encourage leadership and group work through using an extended activity where pupils develop their understanding of the lesson content.
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Support your pupils understanding by analysing chunks of text using a simple pyramid diagram to aid learning.
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Get your pupils thinking through carrying out a research task to generate questions for the rest of the class.
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Get pupils moving by arranging questions around your classroom for them to visit. Also get them to reflect on each others answers.
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Get pupils moving with this relay based on communicating and replicating a set diagram related to the lesson.
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Support your pupils when they get stuck with this tool to promote independence. Get them to think through different avenues of support.
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To improve their understanding get your pupils to think about and filter information into levels of importance.
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Use a Venn diagram to challenge pupils thinking through being able to interpret information using the tool.
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