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7/8/07 - "Cure writer's block!". Well don't about that but there are dozens of creative ideas aimed at adults but fully capable of being adapted for children. Great stuff!

16/1/08 - Stunning photographs for Art or inspiring writing on setting and description.

16/1/08 - Many can be used with older KS2 chn or for younger as speaking & listening prompts.

7/8/07 - Ronseal! similar to the one already linked to but less cluttered.

14/8/07 - Less or fewer? Affect or Effect? Me, myself or I?

15/8/07 - Suggests authors you might like and groups writers together, according to similarities of style, content and genre. Also works for films and bands.

Superb fun! Design and print your own super hero or comic book character.

10/9/07 - From Pixar, short videos which could be easily used in English lessons or as a timefiller.

17/8/07 - Animation showing steps needed to create several different paper planes. Could be used for instruction writing

15/8/07 - Fun to play with but could be used to create animals for work on habitats or report writing.

26/707 - American-based site with some great English teaching ideas.

23/1/08 - Loads!

26/8/07 - Create your own stories and poems using these amusing and dynamic templates. Very good for consolidating teaching on different categories of words and phrases

27/1/08 - Very easy to use reference guide for teachers or particularly high ability Y6s.

15/5/09 - High-quality images of rickety bridges in a range of different places around the world. I will use this page of over 20 pages for describing settings in narrative.

19/4/09 - "Photorealistic zoo". Make your own new animals, play animal games and puzzles. Learn about animals. Build animal habitats. Superb site for habitats or as a writing stimulus. The site even offers lesson plans.

18/6/09 - Great way of showing links between word groups and synonyms. Fully interactive and colourful.

29/3/09 - This will be particularly useful for discussion of life cycles and as a writing stimulus. Clips include: snowstorm, eclipse, corn growing, caterpillars turning into butterflies, earth rise, a rotting apple, a thunder storm, the Northern Lights, and a firestorm.

20/02/10 - Fabulous storywriting targeted at a young audience and for mixing text and images / use of multimedia.

22/08/2011 - 1. Shortest Street in the World , Ebenezer Place - Scotland photo source Ebenezer Place, in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, is credited by the Guinness Book of Records as being the world's shortest street at 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in). In 2006 it surpassed the previous record (5.2 m, 17 ft) set by Elgin Street, Bacup, Lancashire. The street has only one address: the front door of No. 1 Bistro, which is part of Mackays Hotel. Shortest Street in the World photo source The street originated in 1883, when Ebenezer Place was constructed; the owner of the building, a hotel at the time, was instructed to paint a name on the shortest side of the hotel. It was officially declared a street in 1887. 2. The Narrowest Street in the World (Spreuerhofstraße) - Germany photo source Spreuerhofstraße is the world's narrowest street, found in the city of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It ranges from 31 centimetres (12.2 in) at its narrowest to 50 centimetres (19.7 in) at its widest. photo source The lane was built in 1727 during the reconstruction efforts after the area was completely destroyed in the massive city-wide fire of 1726 and is officially listed in the Land-Registry Office as City Street Number 77. 3. Most Complicated Interchange in US, Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange - Los Angeles, USA photo source The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange is situated in Los Angeles, CA and is one of the most complicated interchanges in the country. It permits entry and exit in all directions between the I-105 and the I-110. It's a stack interchange with layers of bridges making a complicated network of roads allowing smooth flow of traffic though both the interstate highways. This interchange was opened in 1993. It is a 4 level interchange with a restricted access lane that can be used by high-occupancy vehicles. 4. Most Crooked Street in US, Lombard St - San Francisco, USA photo source The street is famous for a small section near the top of Russian Hill, betwe