9th May 2011
How to show that progress is being made
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Write down what a
plenary is on the post
it note
As a group on each
table, come to an
agreement as to what
the purpose of a
plenary is
Share with your table
your most successful
plenary
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“the plenary is poorly used if it is simply a
bolt-on-extra which provides an opportunity
for groups of pupils to present their work
daily; it is essential time for making sure that
pupils have grasped the objectives and made
progress, so that the next lesson can begin
on firm foundations”
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To enable staff to show
progress being made
during an Ofsted
lesson drop in
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All will understand what
a mini plenary is
Even better if you
discover some practical
mini-plenaries that you
will use in the classroom
Excellent when you share
ideas and discuss
implementation with
colleagues
Connection
Phase
Consolidation
Phase
Activation
Phase
Demonstration
Phase
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The best time for recall
is ten minutes after
teaching something.
Simple rules
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Always display your
learning outcomes
somewhere in the
classroom
They should be
unobtrusive to the
lesson
Ask the right question
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Who knows what a
mini plenary is?
Tell your partner what
a mini-plenary is etc
Wrong question
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What have you learnt in
this lesson about a
mini plenary?
Tell your partner one
plenary idea that you
have learnt today and
plan to use?
Right question
Outcomes
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With your partner (the
person sitting next to
you) share one thing
that you have learnt,
understood more or an
idea you plan to use
30 secs to talk then
swap over
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All will understand what
a mini plenary is
Even better if you
discover some practical
mini-plenaries that you
will use in the classroom
Excellent when you share
ideas and discuss
implementation with
colleagues
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Use the ideas in the envelope choose one to
use this week in a ks3 lesson
It should be
◦ Appropriate for your subject
◦ Preferable a reusable resource
◦ Something which you are comfortable with
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Always display outcomes
Stick to the four part accelerated lesson plan
If an observer enters conduct a mini plenary
within 5 mins unless progress will be seen
through the planned plenary
Ask the right questions
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WWW – green
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EBI - pink
Made by Mike Gershon –
[email protected]
If you want to make the slides whizz
through really quickly and then press
escape to choose a plenary at random do
this:
Select all slides, change slide transition to
‘0’ seconds and uncheck the ‘advance on
mouse click’ box. Start the slide show and
it should work.
Useful
summary about
plenaries http://www.bri
ghtonhove.gov.uk/do
wnloads/educa
tion/education_
online/key_doc
uments/key_st
age_3/tlf_plena
ries_circle.doc
Ideas from –
www.independentthinking.com
http://www.bristolThe Creative Teaching and Learning Toolkit (and Handbook) – Brin Best
cyps.org.uk/teaching/secondary/science/pdf/el_starters.pdf
and Will Thomas
www.teachingthinking.net
’35 Ideas for Plenaries’ – Pimlico Academy – Chris Marshall
http://www.teachit.co.uk/custom_content/newsletters/newsletter_oct0
6.asp
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/teachers/starters.html
http://www.geographypages.co.uk/start.htm
http://news.reonline.org.uk/rem_art10.php
http://www.teach-ict.com/teacher/plenary/plenaries.htm
http://www.geointeractive.co.uk/contribution/wordfiles/starters%
20list.doc
www.psychexchange.co.uk
www.teachinglinks.co.uk/Lesson%20Starters%20and%20Plenaries.
doc