A fun activity to increase engagement and competition within plenary activities throughout every lesson. 

The plenary grid can be laminated and placed on each desk or printed out given to the students to glue into their exercise books to reference every lesson. The students role two dice and then complete the task selected. 



The activity can be differentiated by students choosing the task they want to complete instead of rolling the dice, which enables students to select the task which enables them to demonstrate their full knowledge and understanding. 

The activities can be differentiated in accordance with Bloom's taxonomy to challenge the different ability students and assigned to individual students to complete by the teacher. 

Credit for this activity goes to http://cheneyagilitytoolkit.blogspot.co.uk

An idea borrowed from astsupportaali to help students master key terminology. The resource helps students learn specific literacy terms for a topic, in a more engaging manner. The example below is used for the vast amount of difficult key words needed to score highly in the AQA Science ISA controlled assessments. 

The students cut out the two parts of the wheel and link them together with a split pin, then test each other on the meaning of each word. Parents are also able to assist the students at home learning the key words by simply selecting a key word from the wheel and checking the students answer. 

The principle can be extended to any subject and any topic to enhance literacy. A customisable word version can be found on below along with the key word wheel I use for science

I came across this idea on twitter and it has proved to be a very good way of enhancing students motivation to completing homework. 

Students pick from the menu the format in which they are going to complete their homework. I've used this for extended homework to revise or summarise a unit or topic, and it works equally as well with both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students. By embowering the students and giving them ownership of the homework and allowing them to choose the type of activity they are more effectively able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding. The tasks are differentiated in line with Bloom's taxonomy catering for all ability students.  

From trying this over the past half term the students get really involved and begin to compete with each other to produce the most original and creative piece of work, which is fantastic for improving student progress and standards.