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GCSE to first year · 2 × 50 min

Planning an assignment, from brief to hand-in

Two lessons built on the 7 steps. Students mark up a real brief, then turn it into a dated plan. Works on paper, or with the free brief marker on screen.

  • Lesson 1, slide 1: What is the brief really asking?
  • Lesson 1, the marking slide: a practice brief with the five marks
  • Lesson 2, slide 1: Plan back from the deadline
  • The Mark up the brief printable (A4)
  • Command words and what they mean: an A3 poster

Every file comes as a standard PDF and a dyslexia-friendly one (OpenDyslexic, wider spacing). Print the printables at A4 and the posters at A3, at actual size.

The two lessons

Posters for the wall

Fits with

GCSE and A-level NEA, BTEC assignments, the EPQ production log, first-year study skills and transition weeks.

Before you teach

The example brief is invented and labelled as practice. Swap in your own brief with the link builder, or print the blank brief sheet.

Students can mark a brief on screen with the brief marker, with nothing to install and nothing sent anywhere, and carry on with the full route in their own time. Timings and teacher prompts are in the teacher notes.