Thinking and discussion skills
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Opinions on short stories | ||
A selection of quotes for students to sort and discuss. An interactive Sequencing task is also available. | |||
| KS5 | Skills Published: 15/04/2013 | |||
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What's your learning style? | ||
A Choices whizzy interactive. Students answer a number of multiple choice questions to identify what their learning style is. There is also a Word document and PDF available. | |||
| KS3 KS4 KS5 | Skills Published: 04/02/2013 | |||
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Socratic discussion | ||
Ever wondered how to extract true wisdom from your class? Sharpen thinking skills with a Socratic discussion involving the whole class. Sample questions are based on the play 'Hope Springs', but could be used for any text or task using Bloom's taxonomy. | |||
| KS3 KS4 KS5 | Skills Published: 30/11/2012 | |||
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You say, we pay! | ||
A fun, Richard & Judy based activity to help students use synonyms effectively and hone their descriptive skills. | |||
| KS4 | Skills Published: 20/11/2009 | |||
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Chat cards | ||
Fun question cards to encourage discussion, useful as as warm up activity encouraging good partner work or on an induction day. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 27/04/2009 | |||
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Desert island decisions take two |
 
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An adaptation of the original 'Desert island decisions'. As surviving members of a shipwreck, individuals within a group must make decisions about their future survival. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 09/11/2007 | |||
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| From the resource collection: Speaking and listening trail | Thinking and discussion skills |
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Group work role cards |
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A flexible friend for groups of four: gives each member a role within the group. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 14/07/2006 | |||
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Avalanche survival |
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An interesting and versatile task which asks groups to discuss and solve a problem. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 09/10/2002 | |||
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Junk Food questionnaire | ||
Create a questionnaire and find out about attitudes towards junk food. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 01/09/2000 | |||
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Junk food | ||
What is a discussion? Introduction to arguments for and against banning junk food. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 01/09/2000 | |||
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