How to make a classroom display interactive?
- Before a new topic, make a display full of clues and riddles as to what that topic is going to be.
2. Loads of post-it notes for students to add to display - here, imperative verbs for a recipe.
3. Use laminated card to display shared success criteria.
4. Venn diagrams made with hula-hoops. Why is an argument text like a space-rocket? Why is learning like a conker? Why is Curley's wife like Lennie?
5. De Bono hat display made with real hats - pupils wear them when "thinking" aloud.
6. Socratic debate. Students use Bloom's question starters to generate open philosophical questions on a topic.
7. Dare to Read or Extreme Reading display, where suggestions for extreme reads/ photos of students reading in unusual places are displayed. Or pupils' suggestions for "the rights of a reader"...
Or cover wall with black bin bags for horror fiction display...
8. Go 3D!
9. Have a Wonderwall for incredible students' work. Automatic merits/house-points if any work appears on it.
10. Brightly coloured envelopes for students' research. They could go to the library/computer first, then post their findings.
11. Why can't secondary school classrooms be more like primary schools?
12. Displays should show the learning process, not the perfectly neat end result.
13. High-light punctuation and grammar: show moveable clauses with velcro; personify punctuation; link punctuation usage to levels; show the pupils' proof-reading and peer assessment. Display the process.
14. Or is a calm, ordered, uncluttered classroom the best display of all..?
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