27/06/2010 - Thanks to Primary Pete "Story Bird is a website that allows you to write a story using fantastic artwork by illustrators. You can collaborate with other writers on the same story or write it yourself." As he says, it would also be good for MFL.
20/4/08 - Gives randomised charcters and events for creative writing stimulus. I won't use this with children because some of the scenarios might elicit too many awkward questions. I will probably collate the more relevant and appropriate ones at home. Looks good though!
17/3/09 - A wealth of writing resources for primary and secondary teachers. Helps with finding story ideas, developing plot and finishing the narrative. Highly recommended. Also includes writing warm up games / warm-up / starter activities.
10/10/08 - Written by one of the major contributors to the TES staff forum and a "Big Writing" expert, this blog has plenty of ideas for improving writing.
30/7/08 - An entertaining and informative website which answers the above question and many others. I will use modified versions of these when teaching explanation and information texts.
9/11/08 - With a small amount of editing, this will be a very interesting addition to lessons on the human body or non-chronological reports / explanation texts.
20/7/08 - "Dial 1 for Settings / Dial 2 for Characters / Dial 3 for Dramatic Entrances / Dial 4 for Dialogue / Dial 5 to Commiserate / Dial 6 for Verbs / Dial 7 for Calisthenics / Dial 8 to Kill a Character / Dial 9 for Endings" Many of these ideas could be used in school, but I would be wary of using the actual website, as I haven't seen every possible idea. My class will be creating their own when we look at narrative writing in September.
24/2/08 - Explains some quite complicated concepts concisely. Good for pupils and teacher subject knowledge. Would also be interesting for explanation texts.
10/2/08 - Juliateacher, an expert teacher from the Times Educational Supplement web forum, has kindly shared many of her Literacy, Mathematics, ICT and assessment resources.