The vast majority of my lessons follow a similar format:
- Starter- When I do one it tends to either be about what we did last lesson, about the assumed knowledge for this lesson, general numeracy or a puzzle of some sort. Last 5 minutes. Many pupils miss most or all of this as the site is large and it takes 5 minutes to get to my room from some parts of the building and I don’t want more than 5 minutes taken up with the starter.
- Explanation- I show the pupils what I want them to do. Ask them some questions, draw stuff out of them through discussions, get them to use mini whiteboards. This takes about 10 minutes
- Task 1- will take a hard working, averagely bright for the class pupil about 15-20 minutes. Takes some pupils the rest of the lesson. Pupils work in pairs generally unless their…
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The Echo Chamber 