Ideas for revision activities

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Ideas for revision activities
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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.
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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.
Can divide group into teams to make it competitive
Good to give a quick review of a topic, before
revising in more depth.
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Taboo

• Students have to describe a key word without
  using that word (it is taboo!).
• (could do it in teams, pairs, whole-class)

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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.

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Carousel questions

• 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.

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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!

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Podcasts

• Ask students to create podcasts that they create
  share and critique with each other.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Mime

• Ask students to mime or draw case studies. Other
  students have to guess the case study.

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The Six OClock 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.
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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!
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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!