Some ideas for ‘prep’ or ‘recall’ tasks that students can get on with whilst you make your way over to their bubble… #TeamEnglish
1⃣ Choose a selection of letters and ask student to find fitting adjectives that describe a particular character. For example, take the letters B, F, I and T for Macbeth: brutal, flawed, insecure and tyrannical.
2⃣ Pick a range of adjectives that describe a particular character or identify a key theme and get students to find supporting quotations.
3⃣ Choose two or more characters and ask students to make a list of all the similarities and differences they can think of within a short period of time.
4⃣ Create a list of words and get students to choose the one that is the least connected to the text. For example, take the novel Jekyll and Hyde and these five words: respectability, blackmail, crime, tyranny and violence.
5⃣ Write a contentious statement on the board and get students to find evidence from the text to help explain why it’s wrong (or right). For example: Birling’s reaction to the Inspector’s questions shows that he is remorseful.
6⃣ Students write a fifty(ish) word summary of a chapter or scene, theme, character or aspect of context, and then feedback.
7⃣ Take a decent paragraph of commentary or analysis from a book or website (e.g. the BL website), edit it so there are a few errors (e.g. spelling and capitalisation mistakes), and then get students to make the corrections.
8⃣ Choose a relevant image and get students to make a list of connections with the text they are studying (e.g. a picture of a deserted street for Jekyll and Hyde).
9⃣ Create a list of relevant tier two or tier three words and ask students to use them to write a series of their own short sentences.
🔟 Take a big question from a previous lesson, display it on the board and get students to make brief notes on everything they can remember.
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