Transcript Ideas for revision activities AGTA

Ideas for
revision
activities
Show me the answer!
Using mini-whiteboards, true/false cards, hand
signals, different coloured cards etc. pupils
must show you the answer to a series of
questions
Good for revising definitions.
Pictionary
e.g. Give students concepts/ideas/things to
draw whilst others have to guess what they
are
Alternative – short list of
concepts/ideas
and students have to
draw in books or on
mini-whiteboard and
then feedback their
thinking/explanation.
Good to give a quick review of
a topic, before revising in more
depth.
Can divide group into
teams to make it
competitive
Taboo
Students have to describe a key word
without using that word (it is taboo!).
(could do it in teams, pairs, whole-class)
Story-Time
Re-tell learning as a story. Ensure
you have a beginning, a middle
and an end.
Develop through genres i.e.
Fable
Sci-fi
Thriller etc.
Carousel questions
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Split the class into 8 groups, and have 4 groups on each side of the
classroom.
Have the same questions for each half of the class – so you are only doing
4 different pieces of sugar paper times 2.
Stick 2 exam questions onto sugar paper for each group, and put on their
table.
They have the time it takes for a music track to play – something chilled! –
to complete the questions – show on media player so that they know how
long they have left.
When the music has finished the groups move on to the next question (or
you can move the paper if you prefer.)
Play another music track (or part of) - students add to/ correct the answer of
their new question etc. or justify why it is the correct answer.
Keep going until groups have seen 4 pieces of sugar paper, and therefore
all questions.
Give out the mark schemes for the questions. Group mark the question in
front of them and feed back.
CAN SCALE THIS DOWN IF YOU WANT.
Red pen/black pen'
Get students to create a mind map on a topic.
Look over it and try and remember as much as possible, hide it away
and use a black pen to recreate the mind map.
When they can't remember anymore check the original and add any
missing points in a red pen.
Repeat the process and more should be in black each time. Apparently
red signifies danger and we remember it more!
Podcasts
Ask students to create podcasts that they
create share and critique with each other.
Speed dating
• Get each student to become the expert on
one case study/topic/skill and then pair
them up to 'date' and teach all about their
idea.
• Ring a bell and swap round, continue until
all the kids have learnt everything.
Yes-No
• Create some examples of the yes-no
questions. Get students to have a go with
the examples and then get them to
produce their own. Later in pairs, get them
to play the game. The rules might be – you
are not allowed to answer yes or no or
repeat an answer.
• You could get students to do a different
case study each or choose a different
theme.
Student annotation.
• Students use their work or the work of
another student. Teacher gives
annotations on card or descriptions that
they have to annotate the work with.
Mime
• Ask students to mime or draw case
studies. Other students have to guess the
case study.
The Six O’Clock News
Create small groups of four or five students and tell them
they have to create a news bulletin about a given topic.
Give them around 20 minutes to prepare complete with
on-the-scene reporters and expert commentators for
interviews!
You can either give the groups the same or different
topics. Either way, encourage the ‘audience’ to take notes
while watching the each show. You can then produce a
fact – sheet for each group to consolidate their learning.
Mastermind
Pick four students in the class to become contestants
in a special game of Mastermind! Divide the class into
four teams, one for each contestant. Each team has to
prep their contestant in their specialist subject (the
topic you want to revise). Allow students 15 – 20
minutes to prepare to make it more fun and intense.
Then send the contestants out of the classroom while
they wait to be called to the ‘Chair’
You have to prepare 10 – 15 questions in advance.
Ask each contestant the same questions and watch
the rest of the class squirm as they know the answers!
In that lesson, students would have taught their peers,
then heard it repeated four times. Contestants too will
have made a concerted effort to memorize the topic.
All while having fun!
The X – Factor
This is a really simple & flexible idea. Students can work individually, in
pairs or groups. Give them some information you want to review or
consolidate
Then allow 20 minutes for the students to create a rap or song to perform
to the class! To be the real X – Factor you could nominate 4 judges, either
yourself, staff or students, to pick the winner!