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20 quick, classroom-ready starters to hook your class. Retrieval practice, vocabulary, analysis, and creative writing warm-ups that need no printing.
10 quick-fire definitions in 5 minutes. Students match the device to the definition and provide an example.
Introduce a Tier 2 vocabulary word, define it, and challenge students to use it in a sentence.
Students unscramble a jumbled key quotation and identify the speaker and context.
A weak sentence on the board - students rewrite it silently for impact and variety.
Five questions from the previous lesson, one from last week, one from last term.
Project a striking image. Students write the first line of a story inspired by it.
Read three clues about a character from a set text. Students guess and justify.
Three words, one odd one out. Students explain their reasoning - all answers can be correct.
2 minutes to write everything they know about a theme. Pair, share, add.
A single quotation on the board. Students annotate methods in 3 minutes.
A SPaG paragraph riddled with mistakes. Students find and correct them.
Start with a basic word (e.g. 'sad'). Students build a ladder of increasingly sophisticated synonyms.
Summarise the plot so far in exactly three sentences - no more, no less.
A historical fact on the board. Students link it to a set text or a specific quotation.
A famous opening line. Students write one sentence on what makes it effective.
Rank a set of characters by power, morality, or sympathy. Justify your ranking to a partner.
Five images on the board. Students label each with a precise, sophisticated adjective.
Five sentences from a news article - sort into fact, opinion, or bias.
A simple 4-word sentence. Students expand it into a 20-word complex sentence.
Ten statements about the current set text. Students vote true or false.