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How to start a lesson
Jul 29, 2017 |
Category: Featured
Starters are, as the name suggests, meant to start off your lesson and engage students in some sort of learning related activity the moment they shuffle though your classroom door. I’ve seen (and been...
Learning Journeys
Sep 21, 2011 |
Category: learning
Last month I wrote a post asking whether there was a point to starters. Luckily for me, Darren Mead got in touch to tell me about what he has termed Learning Journeys. Ever since I've been absolutely...
Is the starter finished?
Sep 03, 2011 |
Category: Featured
For as long as I've been teaching (12 years) the received wisdom on the 'right' way to teach is to deliver a three, then four (or even five) part lesson: starter, guided bit where teacher is allowed t...
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