The Teacher’s Toolkit Raise Classroom Achievement with Strategies for Every Learner Paul Ginnis Illustrations by Les Evans Crown House Publishing Limited www.crownhouse.co.ukTable of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Section 1 Design Tools Why? There Are Similarities Between Learners There Are Also Differences Between Learners There Are Other Agendas Too The Recipe Section 2 Tools for Teaching and Learning Introduction Ambassadors Assembly Back to Back Beat the Teacher Bingo Bodily Functions Broken Pieces Calling Cards Centre of the Universe Circus Time Conversion Corporate Identity Delegation Dicey Business Discussion Carousel Distillation Dominoes Double Take Dreadlines Forum Theatre Go Large Guess Who Hide ’n’ Seek Hierarchies Hot-Seating Information Hunt Mantle of the Expert Marketplace 12 33 50 58 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 78 81 83 85 87 89 1 93 95 7 99 101 103 105 107 109 111 113 116 118 120 122The Teacher's Toolkit ‘Masterminds Memory Board Multisensory Memories On Tour One-to-One Pairs to Fours Pass the Buck Question Generator Question Time Quick on the Draw Ranking Scrambled Groups Silent Sentences Spotlight Stepping Stones Still Image Thumbometer Value Continuum Verbal Football Verbal Tennis Wheel of Fortune Where There’s a Will ... Section 3 Tools for Managing Group Work, Behaviour and Personal Responsibility Introduction Murder Hunt Framed Observer Servers Learning Listening Sabotage Games Maintenance Assertiveness Groups Galore Step On It Help! How Do We Hold A Group Discussion? Help! How Do We Make Decisions? Proportional Representation Triple Check Think About It Settled Starts Tricks of the Trade 126 128 130 133 135 137 139 141 143 145 148 150 152 154 156 158 161 163 166 168 170 172 175 177 179 182 185 187 190 192 195 199 207 209 212 214 216 218 220 222 223