English+Links

Find links to teaching ideas and literacy notes on books - http://www.allenandunwin.com/Teaching/resources.asp
 * Allen & Unwin Teaching Resources**

Learn how to write essays - http://essayinfo.com/
 * Essay Writing**

Children can read books, make quizzes etc, choose books re levels - http://www.bookadventure.com/
 * Book adventure**

Choose characteristics then write about person - http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/characters/index.htm
 * Characters**

Assign fact or opinion to statements - http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/15.cfm?s=15&m=429&p=251,index
 * Fact and opinion**

Grammar activities Gr3 up - http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html
 * Grammar**

Provides free access to children's books from around the world - http://www.icdlbooks.org/
 * International Digital Children's Library**

Chn make as many words as possible from given letters – Grades 3 up - http://www.teach-ict.com/ks3/unit7_1/starters/twister1.html
 * Text twister**

Wonderful tool to model to students then they can begin to create their own word web thesaurus - http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
 * Visual Thesaurus**

Middle upper, punctuation too - http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/bgfl/dont_use_said/index.htm
 * Words instead of said**

Story building ideas - http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/story_builder.html
 * Writers workshop**

On line prompts for writing ideas - http://www.writingfix.com/forkids.htm
 * Writing fix**

A long list of writing prompts to support students with writing - can use these as prompts with IWB - http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html
 * Writing Prompts**