Plenary Question Generator
Generates a reflective question for the end of a lesson — checking what stuck, what's still unclear, and how confident students feel, rather than starting a new discussion.
What this generator does
Draws a question for the end of a lesson. Plenaries fail by asking what the class has learnt, which reliably produces a summary of what was said rather than any evidence of learning — a specific question is what separates the two.
What you'll get
This generator draws from a hand-checked list of 10 entries. Here is a spread of 6 of them, so you can see the style before you generate:
- What's the one thing you'll remember from today's lesson?
- What's something you found tricky today, and why?
- What question do you still have about today's topic?
- On a scale of 1-5, how confident do you feel about today's topic?
- What would you like more practice on before next lesson?
- What was the most useful part of today's lesson?
A fixed sample of the list, not a live draw — your own results are picked at random from all 10, without repeating until the list runs out. Original HEKNO-curated end-of-lesson reflection question list. Last reviewed 2026-07-25.
How to use this tool
- Press generate for a question.
- Ask it as the lesson wraps up.
Common use cases
- Ending a lesson with reflection
- Quick formative-assessment check-ins
- Exit-ticket style questions
Randomness and fairness
Drawn uniformly with the browser's cryptographic random number generator, with no subject awareness.
For how randomness is produced across the whole site, see how Generate Random works.
Practical tips
- Give thirty seconds of thinking time before taking any answers; the first hand up is not the useful answer.
- Ask everyone to write rather than asking the room. A plenary you can read afterwards tells you something a discussion does not.