literacy+tools

A site that has everything for Literacy. http://english-zone.com/ High quality resources for reading and language development. []
 * English Zone **
 * Read, Write, Think **

Writing ideas for upper primary Writing fun has examples of different text types eg, information report, procedure, recount, explanation, response, narrative, discussion, persuasive. The organisers can be downloaded as templates so students can use them for the type of writing they need to produce.... ICT English Communication
 * Writing fun**
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 * ICT for communicating
 * Reading
 * Writing
 * Listening, viewing and responding
 * Presenting

Can be used in lots of way in the classroom such as ...The day I was born (research what happened that day and produce it as an information report). ** Starfall ** Great reading resources and games. Some literacy support e.g. a vowel movie, most used words memory game etc. http://www.starfall.com/ ** Scholastic ** The world’s leading publisher and distributor of children’s books. [|http://www.scholastic.com] **

Reading **[|Big Ideas in Beginning Reading] [|English Works! Reading Exercises] [|English-Zone.Com - the BEST English-Learner&apos;s site on the &apos;Net!] [|English] [|General English sites compiled by sue lemmer] [|Go to readwritethink.org-calendar-index.asp] [|http--members.ozemail.com.au-~pledgerp-booklovers_literature.doc] [|Instructional Strategies Online - Guided Reading] [|Kids games, videos, stories, crafts, lesson plans - worlds of stuff for kids!] [|Links - For Students] [|Links - Teaching Ideas and Strategies] [|Literature Circles - Student Roles Passage Picker] [|Literature Circles] [|Literature Learning Ladders] [|MyRead Guide – Guided Reading] [|Primary Literacy Resources] [|Primary Resources English] [|Puppets Unit Plan [English Online]] [|Read, Click and Win with BookAdventure!] [|Readers Circle] [|Reading Comprehension Games] [|Reading Rockets 103 Things to Do Before-During-After Reading] [|Scholastic.com] [|Stories From The Web - Stories] ** Literature Circles ** http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/lang_lit_circles.htm Guided Reading ** http://www.myread.org/guide_guided.htm Grammar **[|Grammar Practice Park] [|Grammar Paragraphs eThemes eMINTS] [|Grammar Interactive Writing Activities eThemes eMINTS] [|Quia - Punctuate!] [|Grammar Sentences eThemes eMINTS] ** Spelling website ** Words with letter pairs- Have you ever got stuck thinking about spelling words in 2 syllables, 3 syllables, 4 syllables etc? This website provides an enormous amount of blends from A to Z and everything in between. It’s great if you are stumped on needing a word. [|www.morewords.com]

[|Spelling City]
This is a great site that you may want to link to a teacher webpage, if you have one. You can easily put your spelling words on this site so your students can access them from a computer outside of school. It also is a good site to link from a teacher page and one to reccomend to parents who are looking to give their students some assistance in spelling. Spelling **[|BBC - Skillswise - Words - Spelling] [|Words with letter pairs] SpellBee organisation [|consent for participation] [|Spelling it Right - Learn to spell confidently] [|Words with letter pairs] Writing **

[|Essay Map - Step by Step Help Constructing Essays]
[|Essay Map] is a handy tool from the folks at [|Read Write Think]. [|Essay Map] provides students with step by step guidance in the construction of an informational essay. Some of my students seem to struggle most with constructing an introduction and conclusion to their essays. Essay Map is particularly good for helping students visualize the steps needed to construct good introductory and conclusion paragraphs.

After students complete all of the steps in their [|Essay Map], they can print their essay outline. I have included a blank [|Essay Map] outline in the image below. **Applications for Education**  [|Essay Map] is a convenient tool for anyone that teaches writing informational essays. Essay Map is probably too basic for most high school students, but it is definitely a good tool for middle school and elementary school students.

 [|Center for Digital Storytelling] [|Free online materials could save schools billions - USATODAY.com] [|Main Page - FreeReading] [|Short Stories 10 Tips for Novice Creative Writers (Kennedy and Jerz)] [|Teaching Unit - Report writing in a unit of work on inventions] [|Write Away! Writing Checklist] [|Write On Reader - Forms of Writing - Paragraphs] [|BBC - Skillswise Words - Making sentences games] [|Writers&apos; Window] [|Beaut Ideas - Targeting Text] [|Features Of Persuasive Writing] [|Graphic Organizer Makers] [|Harcourt School Publishers -- The Learning Site] [|KWL Chart - Grouping Objects graphic-organizer (1) - Reading and Language Arts - TeacherVision.com] [|Narrative Text Away with Words] [|Printable Graphic Organizers for Teachers, Grades K-12 - TeacherVision.com] [|The Purpose of a Sentence] [|Prompts with Pictures] [|Writing with Writers Home] [|Poetry as We See It] [|Myths and Legengs Story Creator]

[|Simile, metaphor, idioms, personification, extended metaphor, Required skills and knowledge - language features and techniques, Skills by mode: reading and writing, English Skills Year 9, NSW | Online Education Home Schooling Skwirk Australia] Make your own poems online by physically moving words. http://www.magneticpoetry.com/ http://www.shockedpoetry.com/ [|www.storycenter.org] A great range of links covering many Literacy areas. http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/suel/english/general.html ** Lil’ Fingers ** Simple storybooks that look great on an IWB – Juniors. Make your own! []
 * Figurative Language **
 * Magnetic Poetry **
 * Shocked Poetry **
 * Story Center **
 * General English Sites **

** Speech Teach UK ** Some good resources for the teacher including clipart + ideas for games []