Secondary Starters and Plenaries

Kate Brown currently works in a charity that promotes learning about global challenges. She has taught in schools in the UK and abroad and is a consultant on educational resources.

"A fun and easy to use book which I can easily recommend to my students on taught and 'independent' courses, postgraduate and undergraduate... As a lecturer I have on my 'to do' list a need to develop further the range of plenaries I use and I need to look no further!" The Higher Education Academy 27 July 2009 "It's full of jolly games and gimmicks for teachers who want to stay in work." Susan Elkin, SecEd (The Voice for Secondary Education), September 2009. 'An excellent toolkit for the busy professional' Learning and Teaching Update

• Contents: About this book In your own words (or pictures) Everything you know List three things SummarizeVisually represent AnnotateMnemonics What do you say to that? Questioning Questions...with a twist Questioning: a team sport True or false What would you ask me? Peer questioning If this is the answer, what was the question? Any (other) questions? Key words Write your own dictionary definition Match the key word with its definition Key word pelmanism Key word anagrams Key word acronyms CrosswordsWord searches Make a sentence with this word What key word am I? Game show Bingo Just a minute Who wants to be a millionaire? Pictionary Rapidough Blockbusters TabooMallett's Mallet Dominoes Figure it out Mystery objectSequence it Cloze this What happens next? Odd word out Ranking Spot the differenceSort these Finish this sentence Analogies Physical Stand on the line Act this out Show me Reflect on your learning Traffic lights Set a target Self or peer mark Top tips Link the learning