8 whole-class recap questioning at the start of lessons will inject energy and focus, and help students commit prior knowledge to memory. Regularly setting revision of key vocabulary definitions and key people descriptions as homework also helps students remember what they have learned. This can be monitored by quick quizzes at the start of lessons. These quizzes could contain ten questions, with difficulty levels adapted to match class abilities. A quick and efficient way to do these quizzes is as follows: Give students half a piece of lined paper when they arrive at the lesson and ask them to write their name and the numbers 1–10 on it. (Alternatively, you can give students a printed copy of questions.) Read out each question twice. Questions with one or two short, clear answers are better than those with a variety of possibilities that students will want to check. Ask them to peer mark in a different colour pen. (Silently swapping papers with someone who is not sitting next to them will help talking/disputes!) Whilst marking, students should correct any wrong answers. This will reinforce the answers and help students remember for future quizzes. Students can stick their quizzes in a book and record their scores with a date in a table at the back. You can also collect scores. The whole process should take no longer than 10 minutes. 9 the rich history and symbolism involved in Jewish festivals (particularly Pesach), students could write a series of diary entries. Encourage them to expand each extract, linking to wider issues, modern issues and challenges, etc. should be encouraged to read from original texts of the Tanakh. Many schools have access to Christian bibles, which have the same text as the Hebrew Bible in the Old Testament, or texts are available online. Provide manageable extracts to students to enable them to read from texts in their original form. They could then identify key quotes that show key Jewish beliefs, teachings, etc. General resources (SEND / Lower ability)
8 whole-class recap questioning at the start of lessons will inject energy and focus, and help students commit prior knowledge to memory. Regularly setting revision of key vocabulary definitions and key people descriptions as homework also helps students remember what they have learned. This can be monitored by quick quizzes at the start of lessons. These quizzes could contain ten questions, with difficulty levels adapted to match class abilities. A quick and efficient way to do these quizzes is as follows: Give students half a piece of lined paper when they arrive at the lesson and ask them to write their name and the numbers 1–10 on it. (Alternatively, you can give students a printed copy of questions.) Read out each question twice. Questions with one or two short, clear answers are better than those with a variety of possibilities that students will want to check. Ask them to peer mark in a different colour pen. (Silently swapping papers with someone who is not sitting next to them will help talking/disputes!) Whilst marking, students should correct any wrong answers. This will reinforce the answers and help students remember for future quizzes. Students can stick their quizzes in a book and record their scores with a date in a table at the back. You can also collect scores. The whole process should take no longer than 10 minutes. 9 the rich history and symbolism involved in Jewish festivals (particularly Pesach), students could write a series of diary entries. Encourage them to expand each extract, linking to wider issues, modern issues and challenges, etc. should be encouraged to read from original texts of the Tanakh. Many schools have access to Christian bibles, which have the same text as the Hebrew Bible in the Old Testament, or texts are available online. Provide manageable extracts to students to enable them to read from texts in their original form. They could then identify key quotes that show key Jewish beliefs, teachings, etc. General resources (SEND / Lower ability)
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