Starters and plenaries are now established elements of all good lesson planning. A good starter gets a class engaged right from the word go, challenges and motivates students, and sets a positive tone fro the rest of the lesson. A good plenary allows students to focus on the key objectives of the lesson, and to reflect on the progress they have made.

Contents: About this book In your own words (or pictures) Everything you know List three things Summarize Visually represent Annotate Mnemonics 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 Crosswords Word 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 Taboo Mallett's Mallet Dominoes Figure it out Mystery object Sequence it Cloze this What happens next? Odd word out Ranking Spot the difference Sort 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