Effective Lesson Openers 1 Three ideas for engaging

+ Effective Lesson Openers 1. Three ideas for engaging starters

+ Missing Vowels n Taken from the quiz “Only Connect” n Use it with key words and concepts Examples T SM PL CFF CR PR MN MBRS (Autism/ Police officer /Prime numbers)

+ Thunks n Little, simple questions that just catch a student’s attention. No wrong or right answer, but a chance to think about things differently. n Have on the board for students to think about as they come in n Example: n If a library lost all of its books, would it still be a library? n Further examples…

+ n Is certainty the same as truth? Wednesday isn't? Is a hole a thing? n Are two all-you-can-eat n Does your house breakfasts twice as big weigh more when the bath is full? as one? Is it OK to let someone n Is saying 'I don't know' better than guessing? in the queue behind you? n Can a good person Does having plans help choose not to go to you become the sort of heaven (should it person you used to exist)? want to be? n Is refusing to be weak Can you be proud of the same as being someone you've never strong? met? n Could a nun disguise Just because we can, herself as a nun? should we? n Do all Polos taste the same? n Is the Hokey Cokey really what it's all about? n n Can you photograph a wink? n n Is my God your God? n Is there a difference n between an 'exit' and a 'way out'? n Could God be an atheist? n n n Is Monday not Tuesdayn Should you trust everyone once? as much as

+ Connect the pictures n Choose three images that relate to the previous lesson and/or the lesson to come n Students have to formulate a grammatically correct sentence which connects all three pictures n Example:

+ (The dog is found dead at the start by an autistic boy who is really good at maths; however, he is confused by people’s facial expressions. )