links

=**__English Department Links__**=

These links can help you to improve your English skills in a variety of ways. Whether it is punctuation or spelling you want to brush up on, or you want to get involved in creative writing, click on the links below:

[|www.fanfiction.net] - Write your own episodes of your favourite TV programmes, sequels (or prequels) to films, a story involving chracters from your favourite computer game or even a NEW Harry Potter story! Get your work read by people across the world, read their feedback then go back and improve!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/gamesandquizzes - improve your reading and writing skills with a selection of fun games.

[|www.aidtochildren.com] - test your vocabulary skills and donate money to poor children for every corect answer!

__HOT LINK:__ http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/ - improve your knowledge of grammar (adverbs, apostrophes etc)

__HOT LINK:__ http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/ - brush up on your spelling at this handy site

[|www.freerice.com] - improve your vocubulary and for every word you get right, a bowl of rice is donated to African children

[|SAM Learning] - click on the link to find extra resources at the school's SAM Learning page. Ask your teacher for your username and password.

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/ - test your language skills with a range of quizzes


 * Fairy Tales**

@http://members.aol.com/surlalune/frytales/ Includes the tales, their histories, similar tales from other cultures, bibliographies, and other materials.

Little Red Riding Hood @http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html Links to different versions of this famous fairy tale.

Internet Fairy Tale sites @http://www.belinus.co.uk/fairytales/Homeextra.htm Links to a variety of sites, some suitable for use as Big Books.

Australian ‘Dreamtime’ legends @http://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/dreaming/ Links to a number of stories, includes useful glossary of unusual words.


 * Book reviews**

http://www.cool-reads.co.uk Book reviews by children

Word level resources

Want to find some homophones? Look no further than @http://www.cooper.com/homophonezone/

http://www.train.stockton.gov.uk/pages/viewpage.asp?uniqi... Word and text level resources for KS1 and 2 to download. Textease, Word and Powerpoint activities.


 * Narrative Writing**

@http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/ Ideas and resources to support narrative writing, from advice from authors to collaborative projects with other schools.

@http://www.kidpub.org/kidpub/ Site where children can publish their own stories. Emamples of stories written by children.


 * Erin's Site**

@http://www.cswnet.com/~erin/child.htm Suitable for KS1/2 teachers, KS2 pupils Traditional poems are included on this site, along with other less well known offerings, although illustrations are scarce. Need to be copied into a word processor and font size increased to make them easily readable with a class


 * __Poetry__**

@http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/ Suitable for KS2 teachers & pupils A great many children love the challenge of writing haiku. This site defines the term, explains how to write it and provides masses of examples, both old and modern.

www.poeticexpressions.co.uk Samples of poetic texts

@http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/index2.htm Examples of children’s poems, author interviews, ideas for teaching poetry etc


 * Myths**

@http://www.mythweb.com/ Suitable for KS1/2 teachers Satisfyingly, subjects include gods, heroes and teachers. The site is very strong on Greek myths and the pages for teachers have some good ideas for creative writing, DT and art.

http://www.aesopfables.com Suitable for KS1/2 teachers Covering many of these famous fables, this site also provides lesson plans and other practical ideas. Festivals and celebrations around the world


 * Global Legends**

@http://204.98.17.1/lmc/myths.html Suitable for KS 1/2 teachers Links to sites about myths from the Greek, Mayan and Irish traditions, fairy and folk tales, Indo-European tales and special encyclopaedias.

http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/B/bookbox/hom... Really superb site (not a download I'm afraid) but supporting Literacy. Video clips of authors discussing and explaining how to write a story. Really short snapshot of how Susan Price opens a story to 'hook' her reader for example.

@http://www.mystical-www.co.uk/urbanidx.htm Suitable for KS1/2 teachers, KS2 pupils A variety of stories listed thematically. Plus, an investigation into the legend of King Arthur.


 * On line Big Books**

@http://www.mape.org.uk/activities/bigbooks/index.htm Selection of big book stories for KS1 and 2

www.naturegrid.org.uk/infant/bigbook.html (Sebastian the Swan)

www.tcom.ohiou.edu/books/kids.htm (Beartrix Potter stories)

http://www.kidcrosswords.com/kidreader/aesops_fables/aeso... (Aesops fables)

http://www.kidcrosswords.com/kidreader/fisherman_and_his_... (The fisherman and his wife)

@http://www.sundhagen.com/babbooks/ (On-line stories for kids)

@http://www.2simple.com/stories/ Collection of on-line stories to support KS1 History unit. Require shockwave.

@http://tlfe.org.uk/clicker/flashhistoryks1/seaside.swf Link to clicker book on Seaside holidays in the past

http://www.thelighthouseforeducation.co.uk/clicker/flashh... Link to clicker book of a Simple Florence Story

http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/english/littleredship/t... A series of activites and clipart to use with The Little Red Ship interactive stories. The stories are also available to download. Extra resources will be added to the site including a puppet theatre of the characters to use with the children


 * Text Level resources**

Viking Quest http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/games/vikingquest/index.shtm... Interactive story based on the Vikings

Fun for Kids @http://aatalbert.songbird.com/PapasPoems/ Suitable for KS1 teachers & parents An extensive collection of poetry suitable for reading to infant and pre-school children. Being a US site, not all the poems are suitable, so check out those that work best with your class.

On-line materials @http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kidstopics_frame.html Songs @http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-clothes.htm Website KS2 http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookco... IWB resources for primary – Look Cover Write, Check, See @http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/ Old website http://ambleweb.digitalbrain.com/ambleweb/frontpage/prima... New address for Ambleside @http://www.sln.org.uk/english/Primary%20Pages/p71111.htm New Primary Literacy objectives mapped out. http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/math/index.php?cate... New Primary Numeracy objectives mapped out http://www.icteachers.co.uk/resources/resources_literacy.... Planning page for activities for Primary http://www.icteachers.co.uk/resources/literacy/literacywe... Great web page which is hyperlinked to many very useful Primary websites @http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html IWB resources for Primary @http://www.iwb.org.uk/ IWB activities for Primary @http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/ict/ict.htm Lots of primary resources @http://www.funbrain.com/teachers/index.html Fun interactive games http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?s=literacy&a=k... A portal to lots of very good interactive activities for Key Stage 2 @http://www.teachingpets.co.uk/Literacy/Contents.htm Useful resources for KS1 and KS2 for a range of subjects

@http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp Lesson plan ideas http://www.primaryideas.co.uk Big Writing ideas http://www.twentytwentyvision.org.uk Ros Wilson’s Big Writing website http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/origami/fortunete... How to make an origami fortune teller VCOP but multiple uses www.fieryideas.com Ros Wilson ideas for electronic downloads e.g Big Writing Games @http://www.instantdisplay.co.uk/free.htm Silly Sentence openers amongst these displays for KS2 and KS1. @http://www.thepuncs.com/index.html The Puncs a group of characters for each punctuation mark. Good idea but costs £4 could get students to invent their own. @http://www.readwritethink.org/ Place for some interactive tools and lesson plans. @http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ Create an online acrostic poem, which encourages planning and then offers support with starting words. There is a word limit though. @http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/diamante/ Diamante poems which recap synonyms, antonyms, adjectives and -ing words. @http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=1&strand=0&engagement=0&display.x=21&display.y=10 Lesson plan selector for KS2 @http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=1&strand=0&engagement=0&display.x=21&display.y=10 Online templates for weaker students for: Newspapers, brochures, booklets and flyers. Presentational features can be used. @http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/ Quizes, games, interactive ideas @http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-fun.htm British Council, learning English great for EAL and weaker students. @http://www.teachers-take-away.co.uk/ Resources for display, but they cost £25 for the lot.


 * Website Key Stage 3**

www.simple.com 2simple Website for electronic resources e.g. 2simple 2connect http://www.robertpowellpublications.com/interactive_FAQ_1... Interactive games which include Question of, Blockbusters and Dominoes @http://aspirations.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/home.acds - Good for First World War recruitment resources

www.rsc.org.uk Royal Shakespeare Company

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/keystage3/subj... RSC Audio of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ @http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/ Useful games and for revision


 * Website LEA**

http://c9s.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/c97/accounts/pn... Cambridge Advisory Service website which has the MTP for each Year group. @http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/english/ Great for schemes of work http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/nationalstrategy/literacy/inde... Lancashire LEA website for Primary Literacy http://www.dcseducation.org/v.asp?folderid=920&schoolid=&... Devon Primary LEA for mixed years http://www.norfolkesinet.org.uk/pages/viewpage.asp?uniqid... Norfolk County Council – Thinking Schools for Thinking children, interesting ideas on learning, character, plot, genre. Resources available. @http://www.learninglogs.co.uk/ Learning logs website


 * Publishers**

http://www.harcourt.co.uk/Series/Secondary/HeinemannLiter... Free teaching materials for Heinemann texts http://www.oup.co.uk/oxed/secondary/english/rollercoaster... Schemes of work for Oxford Rollercoaster series including: ‘Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, ‘Abomination’ etc. @http://www.oup.com/oxed/secondary/english/ Oxford University Press pages @http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVprimary.htm Fantastic for historical context and research http://www.collinseducation.com/autosites/findResource.as... Collins Educational resources, schemes of work http://www.collinseducation.com/autosites/findResource.as... Collins Readers schemes of work @http://www.penguinreaders.com/pr/resources/index.html Penguin readers from Easy starts and L1 to Level 6. Also includes audio CD’s and downloadable pdfs of worksheets and activities for each reader. Have to login. http://www.harcourt.co.uk/Secondary/EnglishAndMedia/Engli... Great free resources in Heinemann Literature @http://www.chalkface.com/? Resources that you can buy.

@http://www.mediaedu.co.uk/ Fabulous and essential for Media Studies @http://www.filmeducation.org/ Film resources, sign up and they will send resources for free.
 * Website KS4 and Media Studies**


 * Research**

@http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ Historical research http://wordsmith.org www.poemhunter.com For finding poems Google Earth – for resources relating to places

@http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/ Useful games and lessons for below level 3 @http://www.tes.co.uk/resources/home.aspx Go to Resources, log on and then you can search for many, many ideas.

@http://www.poetryclass.net/lessona.htm Poetry website using the senses. http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/keystage3/all/... Schemes of work for teaching the novel @http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~taflinge/sitcom.html Sitcom website @http://www.mediaed.org/resources Great media portal, endless links @http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-sitcoms Comprehensive list of sitcoms @http://valdefierro.com/bandex.html American sitcoms abroad @http://www.mediaedu.co.uk/page184/sitcoms.html Mediaedu’s sitcom portal @http://www.kudlian.net/products/podcaster/education.html Podcasting information http://www.literaryconnections.co.uk/resources/teaching.h... A great place with so many useful ideas and helpful advice. @http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish/ TEFL teachers need to know about this @http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/mice/index.html Online guide to ‘Of Mice and Men’ useful for vocabulary, maps and pictures, idioms and chapter summaries http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/resource... Practical support pack for all subjects and Key Stages @http://www.chompchomp.com/terms.htm Grammar terms @http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/


 * Useful for notes**

@http://www.s-cool.co.uk/default.asp For students @http://www.teacherxpress.com/ Website portal for all subjects v. useful @http://papertoys.com/ Paper toy templates @http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/ English revision – advice for different types of writing [] Literature terms and quizzes [] Transition materials for non-fiction from Year 7-10 [|http://www.novelguide.com] Novel guide [] Interactive games for English, Languages, Art, Maths [] 60 second Shakespeare links [] Poetry website and links [] Poems from Different culture notes [] Great Grammar resources [] Great power point backgrounds and other [] Free resources for English [] Podcast revision for students for English []


 * Scheme of work Resources**

@http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/default.htm Useful for notes including Poems from Different Cultures [] Excellent Media resources website [] Make your own super hero. [] Great for magazine front covers @http://www.filmeducation.org/secondary/concept/index.html Film concepts and tasks [] Great for Victorian research for high achieving GCSE students or A Levels [] Visual stimuli Hogarth for Victorian Literature, amongst many others. Gin Lane and Beer Street by Hogarth useful for showing the affluent rich and poor – although not Victorian – before hand. [] Dust heaps – the poor in Victorian society – visual image [] Victorian London 1865 as part of a Charles Dickens project.


 * Teaching and learning resources**

[] Innovative thoughts about teaching

www.visualtheasuaus.com Fantastic for varying vocabulary

@http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/index.html Interactive time line can be created. [] Fun fonts – have to pay for some [] Free fonts including a range of handwriting fonts [] Old fashioned fonts [|http://www.specialtyfonts.com] For special days e.g. Valentine’s Day [] Fonts linked to films [] SMART board training http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/resource... Page for lesson plans www.zoho.com Online office suite – looks like Word – useful for saving work and being able to go to a website and picking up your work [] National Curriculum online for all KS [|http://www.ncaction.org.uk] Students’ work [] Free animation library [] Interactive timeline for historical events [] To be able to download Youtube video (legality?) [] Wow word prompts from Lancashire NGFL [] New version of Real Player If you have the most up-to-date version of the realplayer (the beta version on the relaplayer site) it gives you the option to download most video content from the net. The only ones I have found where this doesn't work are some on the bbc website. I used realplyer to download lots of videos from youtube for a 1960s project I'm doing in September (imc wiliams [] PDF to Word converter

From the Full English – Teaching and Learning strategies [] Starting up a blog [] Essential speeches, includes top 100 speeches, movie speeches, audio not visuals. [] Poem of the month, by a contemporary poet. www.imdb.com Internet Movie Data Base [] Imperial War Collections – First World War Poetry www.npg.org.uk National Portrait Gallery – creative writing about a person’s life from only seeing their picture. www.moneyinstructor.com Fake money but also lessons about money ($) www.teach-nology.com

Go to Worksheets> Bingo card generator 3x3 card or Word scrambler – can then copy and paste into SMART or Word Lots of other ‘generators’ as well [] Citizenship games which are free to play. Captain Campaign etc www.ziv.jerusalem.k12.il/engjacket.doc Template for a book jacket [] Electronic books [] Tony Buzan includes ‘How to Mind Map’ [] Team games, ice breakers lots of very cool games Great for end of term ‘fun’ lessons [] Say Hello and other short phrases in lots of different languages [] Information and types of questions for De Bono’s Six Hats [] Thinking skills [] Free for making word searches but be warned, they cannot be saved [] Lots of preC20 works of literature in full. [] Actors reading stories mainly primary [] RSC Shakespeare resources including picture galleries etc. [] Can create word jumbles, crosswords, flashcards etc. [] Spelling website [] Global issues with links to free resources and resources to purchase. [] Teaching displays and activities for the start of lessons. [] Very useful timeline of British events. Journeys can be taken in relation to: Slavery, Women’s Rights, Technology and the Kings and Queens.


 * From Teacher’s TV**

Website Teachers’ comments www.achuka.co.uk Contains the latest news about books for young readers, including lists of awards, profiles, interviews, etc. Try also www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/authors.html

www.aqa.org.uk Contains information on the AQA exam specifications. www.bbc.co.uk/education Contains KS3 and GCSE revision activities for pupils, teachers’ lesson plans and resources and weekly articles for parents. For access to audio and video news footage try www.bbc.co.uk/news or www.itn.co.uk

www.becta.org.uk The Government’s lead agency for ICT in education. This site provides advice on ICT for teachers in every curriculum area. www.bfi.org.uk Contains useful documents, planning and resources for film and media literacy. www.bgfl.org.uk Bolton’s virtual teaching and learning centre. Contains links to other websites. www.bibliomania.com Provides useful summaries, character studies and valuable brief biographies of authors, plus classic texts that can be downloaded for use. www.booktrust.org.uk/ Contains reader recommendations, resources form around the world, suggestions for reading clubs, book lists, profiles of authors, etc. www.booktrusted.co.uk A good website for children’s book-related information of all kinds. www.byteachers.org.uk Contains free teaching resources and materials. The ‘Virtual School’ provides a range of online lessons. www.channel4.com/learning/main/secondary Provides access to online learning for the classroom. Just click on ‘English’. www.ebicom.net/-tct/history.htm Contains information on all aspects of drama history, providing the essential points about theatre design, platwrights and plays for each era. www.edexcel.org.uk Contains information on the Edexcel exam specifications. www.eduseek.com A general education site, providing a focus on English Language and Literature. www.e-gfl.org/ The award-winning Essex Grid for Learning website. Contains teaching resources and links to relevant Key Stage 3 National Strategy sites. www.embc.org.uk Access to the East Midlands Broadband Consortium, which delivers the Northamptonshire eLearning Portal – www.northamptonshire.gov.uk

www.english1.org.uk Has links to hundreds of sites and helpful information and resources. www.englishandmedia.co.uk Contains details of published materials and some exemplar units of work. www.englishbiz.co.uk A GCSE English Language and Literature revision site. www.englishonline.co.uk Offers a range of web-delivered, whole-school interactive activities to use in the English classroom and ICT suite. Suitable for all Key Stages. Includes the collapser tool: www.englishonline.co.uk/freesite_tour/resource/wordlab/collapser.html

www.englishplus.com A site designed to help with grammar and punctuation. www.englishresources.co.uk Excellent on GCSE. Some good resources for work on the anthology. www.english-teaching.co.uk Range of resources, ready to print worksheets, some better than others. Will need to pay a subscription to access further resources. www.filmeducation.org.uk

Provides information on films. Click on the ‘Secondary Resources’ menu to compare text and film scenarios. Also register for free CDs containing latest film trailers. www.childdrama.com Provides drama lesson plans and playlets. www.guardiancentury.co.uk This ‘Guardian’ newspaper archive provides a wealth of news reports from 1899 to 1999. Ideal for studying the language, style and layout newspaper reports. www.heinemann.co.uk “UK’s leading educational publisher.” Use this site to find out about their latest products, view sample pages and discover free resources. www.hi8us.co.uk An ambitious still-developing site. The Edrama project encourages pupils to create their own dramas and scripts, using virtual characters and actors. www.jubileebooks.co.uk A company designed to offer a wide choice of books and resources from all relevant publishers and to offer expert and impartial advice on choosing them. This site also provides information about book boxes, book fairs and school visits. www.kidsreview.org.uk Contains a database of book reviews written by children for children. After being supplied with a password, children can add their own book reviews to the site. www.learn.co.uk The Guardian education page. Access to subscription sites available through this site. www.learningdiscovery.co.uk The website for Northamptonshire’s Learning Discovery Centre. Contains, among other things, exciting details and developments as a result of the NIAS/LDC ICT/e-learning in English Project, including useful free downloads for use in the classroom. www.leics.gov.uk/education Contains examples of KS3 units of work and advice on whole school literacy. www.literacytrust.org.uk/readingconnects A National Literacy trust initiative designed to “provide the way in to the resources, links and ideas schools need to help them develop a reading ethos.” Provides links to a variety of organisations and resources, a guide to storytellers and authors, funding advice, websites to inspire teenagers to read and research, statistics and case studies about reading.

www.nate.org.uk National Association for the Teaching of English. Contains information on current issues, units of work (including group and guided reading) and details of published resources. www.ncaction.org.uk/subjects/english Uses pupils’ work and case study materials to show what the National Curriculum in English looks like in practice. www.ncbc.co.uk Norfolk Children’s Book Centre site – provides information on storytellers, authors, conferences, INSET and mail order purchases. www.ngfl.gov.uk National Grid for Learning – the gateway to educational resources on the internet. See www.tre.ngfl.gov.uk for the teacher resource exchange, in which teachers share and evaluate resources for English teaching and learning. www.northants-ecl.gov.uk/apps/LIS/LRE/HME.asp Northamptonshire’s Learning Resources for Education website. Contains links to sites for a variety of authors, poets and illustrators, as well as ‘Text Talk’ (a themed book reviewing site) and a ‘Literacy Support Page’, which links to all major children’s book awards and shortlists. www.novelguide.com Provides useful summaries, quotes, character studies and valuable brief biographies of authors. www.ocr.org.uk Contains information on the OCR exam specifications. www.poetryclass.net Contains resources and lessons re: teaching of poetry in KS1 - 4. www.qca.org.uk The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority website – contains details about National tests and research/case studies re: assessment, learning, etc. www.randomhouse.co.uk This publisher’s site contains extracts of their latest texts. www.readingclub.org.uk Education Extra’s website, containing information on reading clubs and programmes, reading games and activities, suitable texts, etc. www.rhymezone.com Enter a word and the online rhyming dictionary comes up with a range of alternatives. www.schoolsnet.com Provides online teaching resources for all subjects. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess Hosts advertising used across different decades for a range of products/services. www.shakespeare.org.uk The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust site includes information about the centre and a short developing collection of A-level essays. www.shakespeare-online.com A vast resource for students and teachers - includes essays. www.shared-visions.com/explore/english This site reminds students about the basics of grammar.

www.univeralteacher.org.uk Andrew Moore’s teaching resources website. Contains resources for teachers and students of English Language, Literature and Drama and basic information about how to acquire skills in ICT and internet technologies. www.sln.org.uk Staffordshire County Council’s website. The ‘web projects’ contains information on teaching resources to support English. www.smartgroups.com/groups/english.teaching Provides an opportunity for you to share information and network with other people – an online community. www.spelling.hemscott.net Provides plenty of reference, exercises and puzzles and advice for parents. www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/keystage3 Contains National Strategy materials and updates. Access the Primary web by substituting ‘literacy’ for ‘keystage3’. www.teachernet.gov.uk Provides access to lesson plans, learning links with the local community and comprehensive directories for Community Learning Grids, teaching unions and other affiliated bodies. www.teacherxpress.com “The education web – all in one place – for busy teachers”. It contains links to many new sites in all subject areas. www.teachit.co.uk Schemes of work and printable resources provided by teachers. You can pay a subscription for access to extra resources. www.tes.co.uk/staffroom Like the newspaper, this contains updates on current issues, job advertisements, teaching materials, etc www.theatrehistory.com Provides information about theatre, plays and playwrights. www.thegrid.org.uk/learning Hertfordshire’s website (a KS3 National Strategy Pilot Authority) – contains tips and resources for teachers on approaches to reading (shared and guided), writing, speaking and listening and the new KS3 SATs. www.the-times.co.uk ‘The Times’ online – contains details of the latest news stories as well as feature articles. See also www.mirror.co.uk for a tabloid version www.wrx.zen.co.uk/britnews.htm Gives links to all online British newspapers and some magazines - local, national and regional.