Plenaries on a Plate

With Plenaries on a Plate, you will never have to plan a plenary again!

The contents page shows 168 numbered dots.

Click on a dot and get a plenary - every one is different.

They are appropriate for all subjects and for Key Stages 2-5.

In addition, all the plenaries can be used regardless of what has gone before in the lesson.

Help your learners review and revisit the lesson content.

No planning required – just jump in and choose a plenary.

Possibly the simplest method ever invented for adding effective, meaningful plenaries into your lessons.

Scroll through and pick out plenaries you like, or select at random using the specially designed contents page.

Examples of some of the plenaries:

• What three things have you learned today?
• How has today’s lesson altered your knowledge or understanding?
• How might you alter today’s lesson for future learners?
• In what ways has your mind been changed by today’s lesson?
• How did you feel at the beginning, middle, and end of the lesson?
• Create a short television advert ‘selling’ today’s learning
• Explain what we have learned today without using words
• Write a message to an alien explaining what you have learned today
• Construct a timeline showing your learning through the lesson
• What difficulties have you encountered today? How did you deal with them?
• Pick one thing you have done today and identify how you could do it better
• How does today’s lesson connect to your existing knowledge?
• How would you describe your learning today?
• What image could you draw to show your learning today?
• Plan your own lesson covering what we have studied