Group items tagged

16/08/2011 - Silly / daft images of people in odd situations, many of which could be used to stimulate writing or drama.

07/06/2010 - Ronseal!

19/3/08 - "HelpKidzLearn is a collection of free software for young children and those with learning difficulties to play online. The software is split into four sections:

* Games and Quizzes
* Stories and Songs
* Creative Play
* Find Out About

You will get the most out of these activities if you play them together with your child. Use them as a focus for chatting. Speaking and listening is very important for young children's educational development, particularly reading and writing."

27/4/08 - Sentence laboratory (Experiment with writing sentences when given 1, 2 or 3 starting words. The 1 and 2 word games are good for reinforcing the use of capital letters and full stops. The 3 word option gives you the opportunity to work on the accurate use of conjunctions), Sentence Magic (ake a very basic sentence and play around with it in various different ways) plus Clauses and Connectives.

18/4/08 - Great for persuasive writing.

6/4/08 - Great history site run by the British Museum. Browse online resources by timeline, theme (writing, technology, trade, religion, cities or building) or geographical region.

31/5/08 - Diary, discussion, autobiography, letters, narrative and short story.

This is a tutorial in grammar for teachers of English at KS3 - the UK terminology for ages 12-14, i.e. Years 7, 8 and 9. It explains all technical ideas and terms, and makes some suggestions for using them in teaching, and especially in the teaching of writing. It doesn't try to cover the whole of English grammar, but presents enough grammar to satisfy the DfES requirements for teaching English at KS3. The topics covered include those required at KS2, as well as a few others; similarly, the terminology is completely compatible with the official KS2 glossary for literacy as well as with the official glossary for MFL at KS3, but includes a few extra terms.

27/1/08 - Learn magic tricks, with video. Writing instructions / explanations.

15/1/08 - International links. Could be used for stimulating letter writing.

3/2/08 - Grammar tips.

19/2/08 - Handy cross-curricular resource, or a different way of approaching writing. You can add photographs, your own doodles and writing.

Superb sub-level documents for FS, KS1 and KS2 reading and writing. Further delineated by QCA assessment focus.

23/8/07 - Possibly for non-fictional writing, with some adapting

25/9/07 - Shoot 'em up, with potential use for writing

26/8/07 - Creative writing, poetry, examples of pupils' work, activities and games.

Some useful resources available for free download on this reasonable website. Particularly good for loop cards and worksheets. There are some excellent example resources to support the VCOP writing method.

One school's experiences using the VCOP method, complete with explanation and photos.

2/12/07 - To stimulate writing or discussion on Global Warming

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