At the beginning of each class I use a warm up or "Quickstart", that includes questions that refer to the lesson material from the day before. This method of review shows me if students understood what was taught the day before.
Do you use individual white boards with your students as a participation activity? Each student has a personal sized white board to use to answer questions. Buying white boards and erasers for an entire class would be awfully expensive. There are inexpensive ways to get white boards.
The Body of an essay…I use the human body as an analogy to explain the parts of an essay. This blog entry shows you how!
Who hasn't had a song stuck in their head, at one time or another? Using the naturally catchy nature of tunes to have your students leaving your classes humming the answers to next weeks test seems to sell itself.
Apologies for my absence, I like to update weekly but I've been so busy. The fortunate side of this is I now have loads to share! Specifically, I have this book that was recommended to me by a teacher at a recent seminar. “THE BIG FOUR” Jane E. Pollock's "Improving Student Learning: One Teacher at a [...]