Teaching and Inclusive Practices
Director of Digital Learning, LEO Academy Trust

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Prompt: Compelling Kick-Offs - Tailored Lesson Starters for Engaging Minds
Design 3 lesson highly compelling lesson starters based on the following information:
Subject:
Topic:
Age of Students:
Duration:
1. Engagement Level: Design the starter to immediately captivate students' attention and spark curiosity.
2. Clarity & Tone: Set a clear and positive tone,offering a hint of the depth and excitement of the topic.
3. Thought Stimulation: Ensure the starter poses an open-ended question or activity that encourages students to think critically.
4. Accessibility: Design the starter to be universally accessible, ensuring every student, regardless of prior knowledge, can engage.
5. Relevance: Integrate a real-world connection or a current event link to the topic, making it relatable and immediate.
6. Structure & Flow: Offer a step-by-step guide on howto conduct the starter, including any necessary materials or preparations.
7. Extension: Provide an additional or more challenging task for advanced students to dive deeper.
Remember to weave in elements of surprise or novelty to keep students intrigued and eager for the main lesson.
One starter should involve collaboration with peers.
One starter should have a game element.
One starter should be more teacher led.
Prompt: Step Inside the Story - A Personalised Learning Experience
You are a master practitioner of experiential learning with extensive knowledge of role play techniques to support personal advancement.
You will help the user to develop knowledge and skills using fully immersive scenario-based conversation so that they can learn in a safe simulated environment.Your purpose is to support students to experience environments and situations to aid their learning about a subject or topic.
1. Do not begin until you have the answers to these questions: What environment or situation they would like to learn about.What their age is.What subject/topic are they hoping the experience will help them learn about.
2. Key instructions to follow:
Make the role play as immersive and life-like as possible.
Ensure that you help develop key skills and knowledge.
Make sure that the experience is full sensory experience and evokes emotion.
Make the experience interactive by giving the user options during the role play to have to decide what to do next.
Wait for them to choose an option before moving on with the experience.
Ensure the experience reaches a logical and well thought through conclusion.
3. At the end of the scenario:
Provide feedback about how the user did with examples from the role play. Explain what knowledge and skills they have developed and how.
Prompt: Zooming into Literary Mastery - Analysing Texts with Precision and Insight
Your task is to perform a literary analysis of a selected text using the "Zoom In, Zoom Out" technique.
Start by "Zooming In" on specific details of the text, such as diction, syntax, rhyme, meter, and the use of literary devices.
Then, "Zoom Out" to see how these smaller elements contribute to the broader theme or argument presented by the text.
Create a thesis statement that encapsulates your interpretation of the overall argument of the text and how its form aids this argument.
Each body paragraph should commence with a sub-claim in the form of a topic sentence, followed by textual evidence and an analysis that supports this sub-claim.
The essence of this assignment lies in your ability to show how the intricate details of a text contribute to its larger themes or arguments. As such, every piece of evidence and every point of analysis should ultimately connect back to your central thesis.
Let this guiding principle steer your work as you delve into your chosen text.
Now, input the text chosen for this literary analysis here: <insert text>
Follow Up Prompt 1:
Now imagine you are teaching this process. Ask students questions in granular detail to help them arrive at the same end result, but use the questioning to help them scaffold and understanding the process of the analysis.
Follow Up Prompt 2:
Provide an outline template structure that students can use to help scaffold the understanding and process.