Useful Websites for Literacy
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Deion |
Kids on the Net Creative Writing Website |
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http://www.dailywriting.net/Pitbulls.htm
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Write a juicy story about a school yard bully who has come to resemble the infamous Pitbull dog. |
Keeping in the fundamentals of writing |
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Creative Writing Stimulus |
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Guide to grammar and writing |
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'Write Your Own Adventure' - Story Starters |
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Writing stimulus and competition |
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http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/cyberhunts/harry_potter/harryhunt.htm
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Cyberhunt i.e. a controlled internet activity where students are asked questions and directed to specific internet sites for the answers which they then enter on an answer file. |
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/cyberhunts/lit_hunt/lithunt.htm
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Same as above |
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/cyberhunts/lord_of_rings/lotrhunt.htm |
Same as above- some excellent sites here. |
http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/
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Oxford English Dictionary site. Lots of grammar hints and tips. |
An amazing animated thesaurus. Enter a word and all the connected words are displayed on moving spokes from the centre. Click on one of the new words to get the words associated with it and so one. Font size and display type can be changed. |
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A fun website with an up to date interpretation of Romeo and Juliet. |
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http://www.englishresources.co.uk/
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Free resources for teaching and revising English Language and Literature. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordmaster/index.shtml
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comic strip adventure, with literacy activities for 7 to 9 year olds.
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http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/poet/haiku.html
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Haiku creator.
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Wax recording of Tennyson reading The Charge of the Light Brigade |
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Media Literacy courses offered by BFI - Key Stage 2 - Story Shorts...using short stories to develop literacy; KS3 - Screening Shorts - short films to emphasise character, narrative and setting in literature 020 7957 4787 |
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http://www.web-books.com/Classics/Poetry/Anthology/Default.htm |
Poetry Anthology on-line |
http://www.americanrhetoric.com
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Database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two. Also includes famous speeches from movies. |
http://www.english-teaching.co.uk/
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*This is a link to an excellent website called Free Resources for Teaching English. It has loads of downloadable worksheets, lesson plans, schemes of work etc. for KS3/KS4. |
Uncommercials and spoof ads |
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Claims to be the world's biggest ad archive. |
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http://orium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess |
A massive database of historical ads. |
Teaching Internet Literacy |
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Aesops fables |
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http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/adventureisland/
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Pupils will be able to create an online island that other people can visit and explore. It will involve imaginative and descriptive writing - perhaps diary or poetry writing. Pupils will create challenges and puzzles for the visitor to solve. As the visitor travels around a createdIsland, descriptive writing for each area will encourage them to explore further. Will they be able to survive, and leave theIsland, or will they remain for ever ... trapped? |
Poetry resources for teachers |
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Ready-made poetry lesson plans |
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http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/index2.htm
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BBC Good Shooting Guide |
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Poetry Archive |
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http://www.panos.co.uk |
Photograph archive |
http://www.english-teaching.co.uk/samples.htm |
Teaching resources, lesson plans and schemes of work for English |
E-books on the Internet. |
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Official Roald Dahl website - interactive |
www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/index.cfm |
Media lessons |
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Moving Image Resources |
Moving Image Resources |
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Moving Image Resources |
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Kids on the Net, Creative Writing Website |
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http://www.dailywriting.net/Pitbulls.htm
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Write a juicy story about a school yard bully who has come to resemble the infamous Pitbull dog. |
http://www.dailywriting.net/SpottedDogSundae.htm |
Keeping in the fundamentals of writing |
Creative Writing Stimulus |
|
Guide to grammar and writing |
|
'Write Your Own Adventure' - Story Starters |
|
Writing stimulus and competition |
|
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/cyberhunts/harry_potter/harryhunt.htm
|
Cyberhunt i.e. a controlled internet activity where students are asked questions and directed to specific internet sites for the answers which they then enter on an answer file. |
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/cyberhunts/lit_hunt/lithunt.htm
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Same as above |
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/cyberhunts/lord_of_rings/lotrhunt.htm
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Same as above- some excellent sites here. |
http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/
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Oxford English Dictionary site. Lots of grammar hints and tips. |
http://thesaurus.plumbdesign.com/index.html
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An amazing animated thesaurus. Enter a word and all the connected words are displayed on moving spokes from the centre. Click on one of the new words to get the words associated with it and so one. Font size and display type can be changed. |
A fun website with an up to date interpretation of Romeo and Juliet. |
|
http://www.englishresources.co.uk/
|
Free resources for teaching and revising English Language and Literature. |
|
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordmaster/index.shtml
|
comic strip adventure, with literacy activities for 7 to 9 year olds.
|
http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/poet/haiku.html
|
Haiku creator.
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Wax recording of Tennyson reading The Charge of the Light Brigade. |
|
Media Literacy courses offered by BFI - Key Stage 2 - Story Shorts...using short stories to develop literacy; KS3 - Screening Shorts - short films to emphasise character, narrative and setting in literature 020 7957 4787 |
|
http://www.web-books.com/Classics/Poetry/Anthology/Default.htm |
Poetry Anthology on-line |
http://www.americanrhetoric.com
|
Database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two. Also includes famous speeches from movies. |
http://www.english-teaching.co.uk/
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*This is a link to an excellent website called Free Resources for Teaching English. It has loads of downloadable worksheets, lesson plans, schemes of work etc. for KS3/KS4. |
uncommercials and spoof ads |
|
Claims to be the world's biggest ad archive. |
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A massive database of historical ads. |
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Teaching Internet Literacy |
|
Aesopas fables |
|
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/adventureisland/
|
Pupils will be able to create an online island that other people can visit and explore. It will involve imaginative and descriptive writing - perhaps diary or poetry writing. Pupils will create challenges and puzzles for the visitor to solve. As the visitor travels around a createdIsland, descriptive writing for each area will encourage them to explore further. Will they be able to survive, and leave theIsland, or will they remain for ever ... trapped?
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http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/teachers/resources/index.htm
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Poetry resources for teachers |
http://www.poetryclass.net/lessona.htm
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Ready-made poetry lesson plans |
http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/index2.htm
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http://www.dshed.net/navigation/content/resources.html
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BBC Good Shooting Guide |
Poetry Archive |
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http://www.panos.co.uk |
Photograph archive |
http://www.english-teaching.co.uk/samples.htm |
Teaching resources, lesson plans and schemes of work for English |
e-books on the Internet. |
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Official Roald Dahl website - interactive |
www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/index.cfm |
Media lessons |
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Moving Image Resources |
http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/
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Moving Image Resources |
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/gramtv.html
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Moving Image Resources |