Cover Lessons
Cover lesson ideas linking to the DCF, for a range of subjects, both offline and digital.
Testing a Spanish Article Against Its Data
DCF: Data and computational thinking → Data and information literacy
GCSE Spanish Unit 4 Reading and Writing exam practice, theme language for study and work. Pupils read an invented Spanish youth magazine article on teenagers with part-time jobs, answer questions in English, and calculate 9 percentages from the survey it is based on. They test 5 of the article's claims against the data, spot where its headline figure really came from, rewrite the headline so the data supports it, translate 5 sentences into English and write a 100 to 150 word reply in Spanish that uses at least two figures from the survey.
Resources required
- Pupil worksheet: Testing a Spanish Article Against Its Data
- Stimulus: Revista Joven Aragón article and survey results, with bar chart and word list
- Stimulus: Jóvenes y trabajo survey results (CSV)
- Worked example and answer key: percentages, claim verdicts, translation and model reply
Tools required
- Pen and paper
- Calculator
- Computer/Laptop (optional)
Software / weblinks
Correcting a Stem Cell News Post
DCF: Producing → Evaluating and improving digital content
For GCSE The Sciences (Double Award), Unit 4: Biology, Continuity of Life, 4.2.2 Stem cells: pupils check a viral post about a Welsh stem cell eye trial against the scientists' press release and find that every slide is false, including the claim that no embryos were used. They calculate the trial's results, answer a 6-mark question on how media influence, trust and personal beliefs shape public perception, rebuild the post as four accurate slides with a source line, and justify each change to a scientist and an editor.
Resources required
- Pupil worksheet: Correcting a Stem Cell News Post
- Worked example: claim check, numbers, exam answer, rebuilt post and justification
- Stimulus: The stem cell post, a dossier (post, press release, fact card, poll and feedback)
- Calculator and coloured pencils for each pupil
Tools required
- Pen and paper
- Calculator
- Coloured pencils
Software / weblinks
Online Identity in Welsh
DCF: Citizenship → Identity, image and reputation
Mae disgyblion yn barnu proffiliau cyhoeddus tri ymgeisydd dychmygol am swydd haf gyda chwmni teledu: yr argraff, y cryfderau, y risgiau i enw da a diogelwch, a chyngor yn dechrau gyda Dylai. Pupils decide who gets an interview, rewrite one applicant's bio in Welsh, and write a 180–220 word discursive piece on online identity using the conditional, the passive and Er bod.
Resources required
- Supply teacher presentation: Online Identity in Welsh (board slides, timers and script)
- Taflen waith / Pupil worksheet: Hunaniaeth ar-lein
- Stimulus: a job advert and three invented applicants' online profiles, with an English summary
- Enghraifft / Worked example: judged profiles, new bio and a 217-word discursive piece with a full English translation
Tools required
- Pen and paper