Teach Year 8 pupils to solve linear equations involving brackets with a structured I Do, We Do, You Do lesson. This print-free PowerPoint develops accurate expansion, efficient use of inverse operations and checking by substitution. Pupils progress from straightforward equations to decimal and negative solutions, then explain how brackets affect an equation.
PRINT-FREE TEACHING
Project the slides and let pupils respond in exercise books or on mini-whiteboards. Questions, worked examples and answers are included, so there are no worksheets to photocopy.
I DO, WE DO, YOU DO
Model expansion before solving, then show when dividing first provides an efficient alternative. Examples include coefficients inside brackets, additional x-terms outside brackets and an equation with the bracketed expression on the right. A decimal answer is demonstrated explicitly. Six modelling questions use matched pairs in a three-column, two-row arrangement to support the move from demonstration to guided practice.
DIFFERENTIATION ON ONE SLIDE
The whole-class task includes 8 Developing questions, 8 Secure questions, 5 Greater Depth prompts and a Super Challenge. Developing builds fluency with single brackets and includes negative solutions. Secure extends to coefficients, decimal answers and collecting like terms. Greater Depth asks pupils to explain an error, compare two methods, find a missing constant and construct their own equation.
AFL THROUGHOUT
A six-question retrieval starter checks useful prior knowledge. Two AFL questions help you assess understanding during teaching, while a misconception task invites pupils to explain faulty reasoning. An exam-style question and a three-question exit check provide further evidence of what pupils can do independently.
MISCONCEPTIONS MADE VISIBLE
Pupils tackle the common error of multiplying only the first term inside brackets. Worked solutions reinforce multiplying every term, handling subtraction accurately and collecting like terms before isolating x. Substitution checks make the meaning of a solution explicit: it must make the two sides equal.
PRACTICE WITH PURPOSE
Three minimally different sequences vary one feature at a time: the added number, the right-hand side or the coefficient inside brackets. Pupils predict answers before solving and connect changes in the questions to changes in their solutions. The Super Challenge compares equations with and without brackets, asks pupils to construct a valid pair and requires all four solutions to be checked.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
A 31-slide editable PowerPoint, a premium 4:3 TES thumbnail and this combined title-and-description file. Designed for Year 8 algebra and matched to the equation types in Sparx M902. Pupils should know basic linear equations, expansion and inverse operations.
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