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SIMPLE STARTERS

SIMPLE STARTERS. www.geoffbarton.co.uk. (inc prep for KS3 tests). 7 principles. www.geoffbarton.co.uk.  Don’t aim for false links with main lesson content.  No Blue Peter badges.  Do aim for coherence across starters.  Kick- start learning.

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SIMPLE STARTERS

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  1. SIMPLESTARTERS www.geoffbarton.co.uk (inc prep for KS3 tests)

  2. 7 principles www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  3.  Don’t aim for false links with main lesson content  No Blue Peter badges  Do aim for coherence across starters Kick-start learning  Emphasise collaboration & problem-solving  Are great for grammar  Avoid the temptation to extend the activity

  4. www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  5. -ible -able www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  6. Homophones Sound of Music Kylie Beethoven their there they’re too two to pray prey www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  7. Hard Homophones Freeze Stand advice advise practice practise effect affect It’s its www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  8. Activity • I’ll say some sentences containing homophones. You tell me whether it’s list A or list B. • Make up sentences – eg “The pilot of the aircraft was really rather plain”) • A – stand up B – under table • plain Plane • weak Week • steal Steel • main Mane • rows Rows • fareFair • breakBrake • sew So • due Jew • whetherwhether www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  9. Mnemonics Necessary Separate Disappearance Fulfil Never eat chips - eat sausage sandwiches and raspberry yoghurt www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  10. Call My Bluff OXYMORON LITOTES www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  11. WORD CLASSES BY COLOUR VERB ADVERB NOUN ADJECTIVE PREPOSITION The cat slept heavily on the old carpet

  12. Connectives The house was looking dark …. (walk in … lights not working … hear a sound upstairs … go to explore … hear a window smash ...) www.geoffbarton.co.uk  And  But  Or

  13. Word patterns Auto - Gh - Who can think of most words starting with these letter patterns …? www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  14. Synonyms: Who can think of most words meaning scary, big, small, nice www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  15. Semantic continuum: • Think of synonyms for house / toilet / friend • Place them in order of formal to informal www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  16. It was really cold. The weather was awful. I was walking along the edge of the cliff and I was really scared. www.geoffbarton.co.uk

  17. Jake began to dial the number slowly as he had done every evening at six o’clock ever since his father had passed away. For the next fifteen minutes he settled back to listen to what his mother had done that day. • Fiction or non-fiction? • What text-type is it (eg thriller, romance / autobiography, leaflet) • How can you tell?

  18. Seville is voluptuous and evocative. It has to be seen, tasted and touched. The old quarter is Seville as it was and is. Walk in its narrow cobbled streets, with cascades of geraniums tumbling from balconies and the past shouts so loudly that one can almost glimpse dark-cloaked figures disappearing silently through carved portals. Fiction or non-fiction?

  19. Proud mum in a million Natalie Brown hugged her beautiful baby daughter Casey yesterday and said: “She’s my double miracle.” • Fiction or non-fiction? • What text-type is it (eg thriller, romance / autobiography, leaflet) • How can you tell?

  20. SIMPLESTARTERS www.geoffbarton.co.uk

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