Teacher information & lesson overview:

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Teacher guidance & possible student preconceptions / misconceptions:

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• Notes for teachers when planning the
lesson – what should be covered; any
Practical information & link to requisition:
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common misconceptions; practical
• information & link to requisition
•

Differentiation: Planning note:

• LPA: Blue box = copy into notes
• HPA:
• EAL/SEN: Red box = written task to complete
Lesson plan for teacher: 

Timings Teacher activity Student activity Outcome

0-10 Starter: Complete silent ‘do now’

starter activity in books

Copy/complelet methiod form

board

50-55 Plenary:

Lesson plan with

approximate timings &
activities
Resources to print: Please include copies of slides to print.
White backgrounds please!
Note any other resources to print.
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P4: L3 Series Circuits

Starter: 5 minutes
1. Question…
• Silent, ‘do now’, retrieval activity
2. • Focus on PRIOR KNOWLEDGE required to
3. access lesson objectives
• Minimum 3-6 retrieval questions from previous
4. lesson / linked topic lesson (quick quiz / cloze fill
5. in the gaps / true/false)
• Students can complete on printed worksheet or
6. in books or on mini-whiteboards
• Please include longer-answer ‘extension’
challenge task for HPA students
MARK SCHEME:
Use green pen to self-assess your answers.

Starter:
1. Question…
2.
3. Starter task answers & mark scheme
4. to self-assess
5.
6.
Extension challenge:
 B1: L1 title

Learning objectives:
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• Learning objectives – 2-4 learning objectives
• • Lesson keywords to share with students

Lesson keywords:
 Lesson part 1:
Introduction to theory

• Theory slides including:

1. Images
2. Information
3. Definitions
4. Videos
5. Class discussion points
 Written task: xx minutes

Answer in your books:

1.
2. • Written task for students to complete relating to
new theory.
3.
• This should include keywords
• For example:
1. Keywords & definitions matching
2. Key facts cloze gap fill task
3. Short answer questions
Plus extension ‘challenge’ for HPA

Extension challenge:
MARK SCHEME:
Use green pen to self-assess your answers.

Answer in your books:

1.
2.
3. • Written task answers & mark
scheme to self-assess
Lesson part 2:
Main task

Main task will depend on the topic.

This could involve:
1. More theory & written tasks
2. Practical demonstration
3. Practical work – including all relevant
resources, methods, results tables, analysis
4. Independent task – such as drawing a
cartoon strip or completed an extended
writing task
5. Textbook work
6. Worksheet to complete
GCSE Exam Question: xx minutes

Answer in your books:

• Compulsory task every lesson
• 3-6 marks of GCSE exam questions – taken
from AQA ExamPro
• To answer in books or on MWBs
• This could be:
1. 3-6 marks of short-answer exam questions
2. A longer answer 3-6 mark exam question
3. A relevant practical skills question
Plus extension ‘challenge’ for HPA students

Extension challenge:
GCSE Exam Question MARK SCHEME:
Use green pen to self-assess your answers.

GCSE Exam Question mark scheme to

self-assess
 B1: L1 title

Learning objectives:
•
• Reminder of learning objectives to
• review learning

Lesson keywords:
 Plenary:

Check your understanding:

1.
Quick check plenary task
2.
This could be one of the following:
3.
1. Quick MWB quiz
4.
2. True/false quiz
5.
3. Multiple choice quiz
6.
4. Reflection on learning: metacognition
 Extra slides,
optional tasks,
resources &
activities:
 Laboratory practical groups

Group Student 1 Student 2 Student 3

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
Mini-plenary:
True/False
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mini-plenary:
No hands up!

1. Name…
2. State…
3. List…
4. Describe…
5. Compare…
6. Explain…
7. Predict…
8. Evaluate…
 Quick MWB quiz!

Q1: (x marks)

MARK SCHEME:

Extension challenge:
 Plenary: Keyword
MWB Quick Quiz 1-8 bank

1. Name…
2. Name…
3. State…
4. State…
5. What…
6. What…
7. Which…
8. Which…
 3-3-1 Plenary! Now reduce that to 3
important key words…
Write 3 sentences
summarising the key points
in today’s topic…

And finally to one word….

Pyramid of learning
Plenary:
1
Question you
have about this
topic
2
Ideas you have been reminded
of in today’s lesson

3
New facts you have learned in today’s lesson
 Tweet your learning!

Write a tweet stating your learning from today’s lesson. You

have a 140 character limit.
 Reflection plenary:
On your post-it note,
write a reflection about today’s lesson…

WWW (what went well?):

1.
2.
3.

EBI (even better if; what could you improve?):

1.
2.
3.