Literacy Based Starters

Melissa White (Humanities Teacher) presented Swap Shop this week...

We looked at how we could use engaging starter activities in our lessons, in order to promote literacy. Melissa shared some super resources and ideas.

10 Activities that you can try in your lessons right away:

1. Click on this link to find out more about the Halftone 2 App. 

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8. Click here to make your own word cloud. Alternatively this link will take you to the Wordle web site.

9. Using Twitter. Why not post the best tweet here on our school Twitter page?

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•How might you adapt these activities for your subject?

•How might you adapt these activities or any literacy strategies to make them more boy friendly?

Please leave your comments below...