Lazy

Teaching

L&T Briefing3rd Feb 2016

Purp

ose?

Greater student participation & engagement. Active, deeper thinking.”

Star

ter

Que

stio

ns

1.How many things does ___ have

in common with ___? (Love/hate,

Character 1/Character 2)2. This is the answer, what’s the

question?3.What ifs: What if WW2 had been

won by Germany? What if a by-

product of aerobic respiration

was….4.What’s the most complex

question you can create on the

topic of _______?5.Which one is the Odd One Out?

(Need to show a range of topic

related images here).

Dis

cuss

ions

&

Grou

p w

ork

1.ABC. Use A (Add idea), B (Build on a

point) and C (Challenge and

question) to encourage ‘ping-

ponging’ ideas.2. ‘Curve-ball Questions’. Throw

unexpected questions – abstract?

unusual? - to more able students to

encourage alternative thinking.

3.Oral Redraft. Ban fillers, vague

language and unfinished.

Encourage oral redrafting: formal

and concise. 4.Crazy Paving Thinking. Rip up

plain paper. Students create own

card sort; challenge them to make

multiple links.5.Discussion Close: questions to

pose to complete a discussion – who

made us think the most? Who

challenged ideas?

Less

on-E

nd

Que

stio

ns

1.What did you do differently to

get unstuck? 2.What have you learnt today

that I haven’t taught you?

3.Can you create a question

that I (teacher) can’t answer?!

4.Who made me think differently…? (Star student)

5.What does _____ (Macbeth)

have to do with ______ (bananas)? I’ll tell you next

time!

And

final

ly…

.

BBC News: ‘The Week in

Pictures’ - high quality images to use in lessons.