1. Do Now: Look up any words you didn’t spell correctly last lesson. Write out the correct spellings three times.

2. Do Now: What was the most important word from last lesson? Why was it the most important?

3. Do Now: I’ve circled three mistakes from last lesson. Decide how you could improve them, then add your corrections.

4. Do Now: On a post it note, write down 3 things you learned last lesson. Place it on the board here:

5. Do Now: Write definitions for 2 key words from last lesson (don’t include the words) Give them to your partner so they can work out the key words.

6. Do Now: Write a tweet on what you learned last lesson OR what you hope to learn this lesson. Remember, only 140 characters (including spaces). Will you use any #hashtags?

7. Do Now: Think of a question you could ask to another pupil on something they learned last lesson. Make it multiple choice with a correct answer and 2 incorrect answers (make one of those a “distractor”)

8. Do Now: On a post it note, write down one thing that has really “stuck” with you from recent lessons. Place it on the board here :

9. Do Now: Unscramble these letters to find out more about today’s lesson:

10. Do Now: Write your name on a Post-It note and add it to the line below. Be prepared to justify your position!

11. Use this time to review and improve your work 1.Reply to any questions left by your teacher 2.Correct any spelling / grammar mistakes 3.Peer-assess each other’s classwork

12. If these are the answers, what could the questions be? 1.Dreadnought 2.Nazi Germany 3.Hitler 4.Wansee TIME UP!

13. What’s being said? or What’s being thought? TIME UP!

14. Tell me three things... …about the topic we are studying …you learnt in the last lesson …you expect to study today …you need to research further Back To Starters TIME UP!

15. Empathy-builder How does this person feel? Back To Starters TIME UP!

16. What’s the topic? TIME UP!

17. What do you already know? (variation – ideas must be pictures instead of words) TIME UP!

18. Picture in time What might have happened before the photo was taken? What might be happening now? What may happen after? TIME UP!

19. Summarise last lesson’s learning journey using the following flow chart: The first thing I learnt was Then I added the following information Which led to Final conclusion of the lesson

20. TIME UP! Today’s WALT: Can you predict what might happen in today’s lesson? How will you know if you’ve been successful?

21. TIME UP! From the experiences of the last 3 lessons. Write down something you now know that you did not know this time last month…

22. TIME UP! Create a 4 mark ‘description’ question that you could be asked based on last lesson’s knowledge…

23. TIME UP! Summarise last lesson in a single sentence

24. TIME UP! Identify three things you will need to do better this lesson compared to last lesson: 1. 2. 3.

25. TIME UP! Identify three things your partner needs to improve in their exercise book: 1. 2. 3.

26. TIME UP! Copy the passage, adding the full stops and capital letters. There are 8 full stops and 10 capital letters to find. How the Romans made roads first, the romans dug ditches at each side of the road and piled the earth into the middle this made the road higher than the land round on top of this, the romans piled rubble made of chalk to make the road hard, they piled flints on top of the rubble and on top of this, they laid a layer of stones and gravel this layer was curved, so that rain water trickled into the ditches sometimes they put paving stones on the surface this made the road more smooth