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Wrap-up

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

/ˈræp ʌp/nounCommon term

In education & teaching, wrap-up means: The final stage of a lesson in which the teacher and students review what was learned, check progress and sometimes preview the next lesson.

In Turkish: kapanış etkinliği, toparlama, dersi özetleme

How it is used

A standard stage in lesson plans. British schools often call it the plenary. Common wrap-up activities include exit tickets, a quick quiz or 'three things I learned today'. The verb is wrap up ('Let's wrap up').

Example sentences

  1. Leave five minutes for the wrap-up so students can say what they learned.

  2. The lesson ended suddenly with no wrap-up, so students left without a clear summary.

Common collocations

  • wrap-up activity
  • lesson wrap-up
  • wrap up the lesson
  • plenary
  • warm-upA short activity at the start of a lesson that gets students thinking, talking or moving and prepares them for the main topic.
  • lesson planA written outline of one lesson that shows what students should learn, the activities and materials the teacher will use, and roughly how long each stage will take.
  • check for understandingTo find out during a lesson whether students have really understood an explanation or instruction, usually by asking targeted questions or giving a quick task.
  • go overTo look at, explain or check something again carefully, for example answers, mistakes or a topic before a test.

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