One, two, three (starter or plenary)

Can be used either as a starter or a plenary task.

Students are given a sheet to complete firstly on their own, then with a partner and then joining up with another pair

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3-2-1 (starter)

Display this on the whiteboard as students are walking through the door. They can work individually or in pairs to come up with the answers.

Good for differentiation as all students should be able to get at least one of the six points.

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Teach me about ... (starter)

Students become the teacher! One student is tasked with preparing a five minute revision starter about this topic for the beginning of the following lesson.

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Theory task

Students read the theory notes on the mini website and then answer the questions on the task sheet.

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Mind Map

Students are given the basic structure of a mind map for this topic. They are asked to complete the mind map by adding extra branches.

Mind maps are a useful tool to use as a revision aid.

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Get The Right Job

This task provides students with a scenario related to a recruitment agency.

They are asked to use the database provided in order to complete a pre-prepared form.

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staff_details.mdb

Wedding

This task provides students with the opportunity to learn how to mail merge data from a database into a letter.

There are full instructions provided which students should be able to follow with minimal assistance.

The task instructions should be printed out for students to work from.

The 'wedding.doc' and 'wedding.mdb' should be downloaded by them so that they can correct it.

task (Office 2003)

task (Office 2007)

letter

wedding.mdb

Fancy Dress

This task provides students with a second opportunity to practice setting up a mail merge.

Students should download 'fancydress.doc' and 'fancydress.mdb' to their area. They should then attempt to merge the data from the database into the correct sections on the pre-prepared letter.

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fancydress.mdb