Active Learning
Greg Horton
Advanced Skills Teacher
Wildern School
PE warm ups
• Pupils adapt their own model and lead
future warm-up sessions
• Use at any time to re-engage pupils in a
lesson
Anyone for tennis?
good
pretty
interesting
clean
old
modern
big
bad
ugly
boring
dirty
new
historical
small
Kagan Timed Pair Share
Ich bin fauler
als du!
Du spinnst!
Ich bin der
faulste!
What is active learning?
Making physical response a routine part of
learning
The levels of active learning:
• Word level (fun but ….)
• Sentence level (manipulation and
creativity)
• Conceptual (tense and grammar)
Human word chains
• Reinforce a basic sentence structure
• Construct, deconstruct, adapt and extend
sentences.
• Involves more pupils than a Smartboard
activity
• Stimulates more interest and sustains focus
• Particularly effective for starters and
plenaries
• Practise sequencing a narrative
Using verbs
• Use actions to practise and reinforce
grammar (no need to devote lesson time
to traditional exercises)
Timelines
• Establishing a timeline in pupils’ minds
reinforces the concept of time and tense
• Use key points in time ranging from last year
to next year
• Take pupils outside and practise ‘timewalking’ (or even ‘time cycling’!)
Strictly come camping!
Speed Writing
The clock times ballet