I have been a teacher now for 14 YEARS. I have been Head of Geography and Head of Humanities, overlooking both the History and Geography departments. My passion is making engaging and thought-provoking lessons which aim to inspire and promote my subjects not only amongst the pupils but the wider school.
My lessons are designed to be dyslexia friendly.
Twitter: @teachgeogblog
I have been a teacher now for 14 YEARS. I have been Head of Geography and Head of Humanities, overlooking both the History and Geography departments. My passion is making engaging and thought-provoking lessons which aim to inspire and promote my subjects not only amongst the pupils but the wider school.
My lessons are designed to be dyslexia friendly.
Twitter: @teachgeogblog
10 ROUNDS, A TIE BREAKER 88 QUESTIONS AND A TEAM SHEET READ BELOW FOR ROUND TITLES!
Round 1: Name the 2023 Film (10 questions)
Round 2: Name the 2023 song + artist (5 questions)
Round 3: Name the Christmas covered celeb (10 questions)
Round 4: This Year in Pictures (12 Questions, multiple choice)
Round 5: Spot the difference (Timed task- 5 answers)
Round 6: Global Winter traditions (10 questions)
Round 7: Guess the Christmas Song from the Emoji’s (10 questions)
Round 8: Christmas Adverts (5 questions)
Round 9: Christmas General Knowledge (10 questions)
Round 10: Times Christmas Numeracy Task (Maths Skill- Volume)
Tie Breaker/Bonus Round (10 questions)
65 QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR STUDENTS ON THEIR GENERAL SUMMER KNOWLEDGE AT THE END OF THE YEAR!
PowerPoint- Rounds and then answers at the end.
Includes a Team Answer Sheet for students
The Rounds:
Round 1: Where in the world is the ice lolly?
Round 2: Summer Trivia (Multiple Choice)
Round 3: Observation Round
Round 4: Guess the Summer item
Round 5: Emoji Quiz
Round 6: Celebrity Sandcastles
Round 7: Capitals Quiz (Multiple Choice)
Round 8: Summer Anagrams
A Tiebreaker activity
Team Sheet
A full scheme of 10 lessons on rocks and weathering complete with an Assessment with Banding Criteria.
Includes:
- Geological Timescales
- The Rock Cycle
- Sedimentary Landforms (and Case Study)
- Igneous Landforms (and Case Study)
- Metamorphic Landforms (and Case Study)
- Weathering
- International Case Studies (Russia and Jordan)
+ Assessment and 3 Homeworks!
Image credits slide added.
A Christmas 2020 quiz with 10 rounds
Answer Sheet also attached.
Rounds:
ROUND 1: NAME THE 2020 FILM
ROUND 2: NAME THE 2020 SONG + ARTIST
ROUND 3: NAME THE CHRISTMAS COVERED CELEB
ROUND 4: THIS YEAR IN PICTURES
ROUND 5: WORD RIDDLES
ROUND 6: CHRISTMAS CATCHPHRASE
ROUND 7: CHRISTMAS TV SPECIALS
ROUND 8: CHRISTMAS TRIVIA
ROUND 9: CHRISTMAS PAST
ROUND 10: FIND THE CHRISTMAS ITEMS
TIE BREAKER
Pictures show preview of 22 page PDF with links to editable lesson resources (all available in the bundle).
This is a digital product which compromises of 10 chapters of teaching aids, with direct links to over 70 editable lesson ideas which can be copied into already established lesson plans.
I have produced this document to aid teachers at all stages of their career, a refresher for those established, well qualified educators to the new young generation of teachers looking for a selection of ‘how-to’s’ when beginning a career as dynamic as ours! This document has over 90 ‘hacks’, most can take you to editable documents/PowerPoints to help you add them to already established lessons. Simply click on the picture icon next to the idea and open hyperlink.
The chapters covered are:
- Mastering Marking
- Starter Solutions
- Perfect Plenaries
- Provision 4 Progress
- Quality Questioning
- Choose 2 Challenge
- Supporting SEND
- Revision Remedies
- Literacy/Numeracy Aids
- Lesson Planning
Zip Folder includes:
PDF of Teaching and Learning ‘Hacks’ which includes all hyperlinks
77 editable lesson ideas including: PowerPoints (69), Word Documents (4) and Publisher Documents (4)
Its back again! The annual Christmas Quiz with old favourites and new rounds!
62 points available and an additional 10 points for tie-breaker!
Round 1: Name the 2022 Film
Round 2: Name the 2022 Song and Artist
Round 3: Name the Christmas covered celeb
Round 4: This year in pictures
Round 5: Spot the difference
Round 6: Name the Christmas City
Round 7: Guess the Carol from the Emojis
Round 8: Guess the language
Round 9: Christmas General Knowledge
Round 10: Christmas Numeracy Game
An Additional 10 point Tie-breaker round (can be added as an additional round)
An editable PowerPoint
An Editable Answer Sheet
Over 200 5* reviews of previous years quizzes!
How to be an effective marker not an over-marker.
A CPD Session planned to show Geography teachers (can be adapted for other subject areas) how to cut down on marking workload. These are successful strategies I have used.
Go to https://twitter.com/teachgeogblog for more lesson ideas and marking strategies.
Credit for the 5minute marking plan @TeacherToolkit
Image credits slide added.
71 QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR CLASSES GEOGRAPHY AND THANKSGIVING KNOWLEDGE.
The Rounds:
Round 1: Where is the Thanksgiving Turkey (10 questions)
Round 2: General Thanksgiving Knowledge (Multiple Choice) (10 questions)
Round 3: Geography General Knowledge (a hard one- no multiple choice- allow thinking time for this one!) (10 questions)
Round 4: US States Quiz Questions (15 questions)
Round 5: Thanksgiving Food (16 questions)
Round 6: Thanksgiving Anagrams (20 questions)
Team Sheet
A Christmas 2019 quiz with 10 rounds
Answer Sheet also attached.
Rounds:
ROUND 1: NAME THE 2019 FILM
ROUND 2: NAME THE 2019 SONG + ARTIST
ROUND 3: NAME THE CHRISTMAS COVERED CELEB
ROUND 4: THIS YEAR IN PICTURES
ROUND 5: WORD RIDDLES
ROUND 6: CHRISTMAS CATCHPHRASE
ROUND 7: CHRISTMAS TV SPECIALS
ROUND 8: CHRISTMAS TRIVIA
ROUND 9: CHRISTMAS PAST
ROUND 10: FIND THE CHRISTMAS ITEMS
TIE BREAKER
6 ROUNDS, 55 QUESTIONS AND A TEAM SHEET READ BELOW FOR ROUND TITLES!
Round 1: Where in the world is the pumpkin? [Country]
Round 2: Halloween General Knowledge (Multiple Choice)
Round 3: Name the Celebrity Pumpkin Carving
Round 4: Name the Halloween Spooky Film
Round 5: Halloween Sweets
Round 6: Halloween Anagrams
IT’S BACK… for the 5th year in a row!
Brand new rounds and all new questions!
Round 1: Name the 2021 Film
Round 2: Name the 2021 Song and Artist
Round 3: Name the Christmas Covered Celeb
Round 4: This Year in Pictures
Round 5: Elf on the Shelf
Round 6: Christmas Anagrams
Round 7: Christmas TV Specials
Round 8: Christmas Films Trivia
Round 9: Christmas General Knowledge
Round 10: Christmas Memory Game
A Tie Breaker round with 10 additional questions.
A marking sticker used on the front of student folders to act as a reminder of marking expectations in GCSE Geography.
Can be adapted for other subjects.