"Write in Private. Your own personal journal and online diary."

Learn about Dickens' England. A fantastic way to give students background knowledge before reading a Dickens' novel.

Fabulous teaching ideas.

Use these images as stimulus for writing. The images in this group's photostream exude an immensely rich knowledge of the aesthetic makeup of a good photograph. Each visually appealing photo is composed and lit impeccably, following the rules of photography. 

Use these photos as stimulus for writing. This Flickr group offers eccentric and experimental images produced by the Flickr community's aspiring creative minds. Surrealism, in all mediums of art, is a constant source of inspiration due to its limitlessly artistic nature and photography is no exception. The style allows photographers to visualize their wildest dreams and conceptualize their strangest nightmares. Photographs in this group spark new insight on creativity and perspective, welcoming the unusual crossroads where fact and fiction converge.

Use this Flickr group's photos as stimulus for creative writing. Thisgroup has amazing photos uploaded by photography lovers all over the world.

LOVE this idea! Bookend poetry. Lay books on their side and create a poem using the titles

Videos with authors on writing and the writing process

Create a digital mashup of a poem. Add images, audio etc. Watch other people's poems.

You have 60 seconds to write about the word that appears on the screen.

Includes videos on new vocab words

Loads of audiobooks for students of all ages. 

A new audio story is shared every week. Listen to the text and read the words. 

Some useful slideshare presentations on Literacy. 

A whole website of seuss! Loads of activities etc