Memory games
A useful activity for a starter or plenary (or even partway through a lesson) to check prior knowledge or knowledge gained during the lesson. Based on the old game whereby you would have to memorise objects on a table for the table was covered over, the PowerPoints contain key features of different types of texts whicg the students have to memorise and then write down. The slides are timed so that the screens change with each new instruction. Total time involved in each case 4 or 5 mins max.