Agony Aunt

Students are put into the role of an agony aunt who has to answer a set of letters about technology related problems.

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Exam Questions

Students are given a set of questions which are similar to those they might expect to see in their written examination. This is a useful task which will provide students with a good opportunity to gain practice on question answering technique.

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Correct the Teacher

Students are given a piece of text written by a ‘teacher’. The text contains a number of mistakes. They are asked to read the text and correct any mistakes they find.

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Remember Me

Students are given a section of theory to look at for two minutes, then asked to remember as many key points from it as they can without referring back to it.

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Fill in the Gaps

Students are given a piece of text with a number of key words removed. The key words appear in a table above the text. They need to replace the words correctly back into the text.

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Reduce It

Students are given a section of theory. They pick out the 20 most important words. They are then asked to reduce these to the 8 they consider to be the most important. A great task for really getting them to concentrate and think about the text in front of them.

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100 Words

Students have exactly 100 words to summarise the key points about this topic

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Mind Map

Students are given the basic structure of a mind map for this topic. They are asked to recreate the structure on their own sheet of paper and add further detail to each of the branches.

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Booklet

Students are given a scenario and asked to research for specific information. They are then given a set of guidelines and asked to create a booklet from the information they have gathered.

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Podcast

Students are given instructions about creating a revision podcast based on this topic

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Poster

Students are asked to create a poster that could be used for a classroom display. Key design techniques are suggested.

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Wordle

Students write a set of notes about this topic and then use them as the basis to create a word cloud. Their work can be used to create a classroom display.

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Create a Crossword

Students are given step by step instructions about creating their own crossword which they can then give to fellow students to solve

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Once Upon a Time

Students are given a set of words related to this topic and asked to make up a story incorporating as many of the terms as possible.

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Matching Statements

On the left-hand side is a set of terms. On the right-hand side is a set of statements or definitions. Students are asked to draw a line to matchup the correct term and statement.

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Job Interview

Students take the roles of interviewer and candidate, to demonstrate knowledge of today's lesson

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QR Codes

A good kinaesthetic activity. Students have to find, decode and answer questions stored in the form of QR codes.

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Helpline

A roleplay task in which students are tasked with helping one another learn about today's topic

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Presentation Task

Students can take forever to set up a presentation often wasting valuable lesson time choosing their background colours and font styles. This resource provides students with a template for this topic with the aim on them spending time on the content rather than the 'pretty stuff'.

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Construct an Answer

Students are given an exam style question to answer. They are also given a set of key words to incorporate into their answer.

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String

A task that blends recall and speaking ability with a kinaesthetic element.

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