Prediction! A starter AND a plenary

This is a very simple activity that allows a teacher to link two psychology lessons together. At the end of the lesson (and after the normal plenary) I often said to my students that I am going to write down 5 key things from the lesson on a piece of paper. I then put the piece of paper into an envelope, seal it and have one of the students to sign the seal.I then placed it somewhere visible in the classroom, usually above my whiteboard.At the start of the next lesson, I asked the students to ‘predict’ the five points in my envelope. We then go through them and I write down all the points that they have came up with on the board making this a very easy way to review last lessons learning.I then get the student who signed the envelope to open it and read out the points that I wrote down. I can then assess what I thought were the key points with what they have came up with.This takes no planning, it engages the students and it also links two lessons together.