Starters and Plenaries for GCSE English Language
25 great ways to start and end a GCSE Language lesson!
Inject pace into your English Language lessons with these pick-up-and-teach starter and plenary activities. Written for the 2015 GCSE (9–1) English Language specifications – builds skills and confidence quickly to kick-start or consolidate learning across all areas of Ofqual’s ‘Scope of Study’.
Great to see variety and challenge in this pack
- Short, stimulating activities motivate and enthuse all learning styles – support and extension material provided for every activity
- A perfect balance of individual, paired, small-group and whole-class activities to develop independent and cooperative learning methods
- Draws upon a variety of engaging fiction and non-fiction writing with creative activities including crosswords, puzzles, annotation tasks, gap-fills, unseen analysis... and more!
Effortless Delivery!
- Flexible, write-on activities, complete with detailed teacher's notes
- All answers provided – great for AfL and speedy peer-assessment
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What do teachers say about this resource? (8536)
Really useful resource- I struggle to think of ways to get the students engaged with something from the start of the lesson that won't take them too long and so these are perfect to have on hand... There is something for each part of the specification so you can always use something from the unit you are teaching and students will see the relevance... It will get students learning from the moment they sit down and help get their minds ready for learning.
A useful resource with some challenging activities... The use of texts was good for developing reading muscles! Particularly like the index page, which gives just the right amount of info for the teacher... Great to see variety and challenge in this pack.
A good range of activities [that] draws on a wide variety of skills in English [and] builds student confidence quickly by allowing them to start with simple tasks... Good kinesthetic activities and games to engage students... [The] activity on bias is great – really accessible