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Aesops Fables.

Sunshine Online. Themes, reading activities, print outs. Well worth a visit.

Encarta Online.

Jan Brett's Homepage. Visit a children's book author.

Dav Pilkey, author and illustrator. Fun site for teachers and kids. Learn how to draw cartoons and make a Krazy Kopter!

For Teachers of English.

Theodore Tugboat. An interactive story.

Banph. For kids and adults. Wonderful illustrations. The story of a knight in a medieval-style insect society.

The Official Eric Carle Website. A useful site for young children to use for researching an author. Lots of ideas for teachers.

Children's Storybooks Online. Stories for young children, older children and young adults.

Poetry lessons for students and teachers.

English On Line. A New Zealand site for teachers. Resources, On Line Projects, Internet Tutorial and more.Poetry Pals. Great site for ideas on poetry format.

Theme Poems.

Thirty Days of Poetry.

The World of Beatrix Potter

Improve your English with Writing Den. An excellent site. Well worth taking a look at . Try the Topics section.

Media Awarenes. Lesson plans. Excellent.

Stories to Grow By.

Margaret Mahy Page.

Kids Zone. Take a look at Myths and Fables. Great site for information on Africa.

Scholastic's Homepage. Take a look here for an interview with Gary Paulson, Edmund Hillary and more. Super site. Lesson ideas, standards, links etc. Go to "Teachers" and take a look at "Writing with Writers" This section has workshops on poetry writing, myth writing etc. It's great!

This site may be slow to load but it's worth waiting for!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

RoaldDahlFans.com. Teacher lesson plans. Biography.

English Language Arts A Curriculum Guide For The Elementary Level.

Theme Poems

CyberGuides:K3, and above. These are really worth taking a look at.

Island of the Blue Dolphins. Teacher guide.

Rebus Rhymes. Mother Goose and others. Great for Year One children.

Kay E Vandergrift's Site "Learning about the Writer and Illustrator." Great site for teachers wanting background information on favourite authors.

IPL Story Hour. Online stories.

Hiyah.com. Online stories. Great for young kids because they are read aloud.

A Rhyme a Week. Downloadable printouts of nursery rhymes and lesson plans for each rhyme.

An Apple Unit.

Poetry For The Elementary Classroom. Unit Plan.

Mother Goose and other Nursery Rhymes. Great for poetry books. Colour in pictures to print out.

Desert Cousins. A fun Online Story. Super illustrations.

Charlotte's Web.

Writing Prompts.

Links for Hatchet - Gary Paulsen.

Connecting Students Through Literacy - Ideas and lesson plans for books - by title.

Book Activities - Harry Potter, (heaps of ideas here) The Hobbit, Secret Garden and more.

Harry Potter Enrichment Activities and Resources.

Resources for using the book "Stellaluna."

James Whitcomb Riley - poems.

Woodsong Integration Unit. (Gary Paulsen)

Bookworm. Great books for kids aged 6 to 12.

Common Errors in English. Great Site. Has a handy list of commonly misspelled words.

Little House in the Big Woods. (Activities)

How to make a Sandwich. Lesson. Writing an Explanation.

How to Make Spaghetti.

The English Teacher. Teaching Creative Writing.

The Creative Dramatics Cook Book.

Readers Theatre - Poetry.

About Readers Theatre.

The author Ben Michaelsen's Homepage. The "Educators Corner" has lesson plans for teaching "Rescue Josh McGuire," "Sparrow Red Hawk," Stranded," and "Countdown."

Can Teach, English Language Arts. Really useful resource.

Book Report Ideas. Some great 3D ideas. Make a Quadrama or a Triarama!

Myths and Legends from Oban. You'll find some Australian ones here.

teachit.co.uk.This is an awesome site for English teachers. Downloadable lesson plans.Mainly college level but some will suit Year Seven and Eight.

Poetry Teachers.com. How to teach poetry, poetry theatre, poetry activities.

Cinder-Elly

"Cap O' Rushes" lesson plan. Story link - Cap O' Rushes

Reading-n-Phonics. Great for beginning readers.

Integrating Jumanji into the Curriculum

Fairy Tale Themes Unit. From abc teach. Free printable Fairy Tale Theme Unit with activities for writing, shape books, word searches, Venn diagrams, Science and more.

Rat Tales. A Think Quest Entry based on "The Rats of Nimh."

Fables Online. "Fables Online is a literature-based site which encourages children to learn and explore through reading. The sites main areas include Myths & Legends, Heroes & Villains, Reading Room, Fun & Games, and The Internet." Read about the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot, Rapunzel and more. Great site.

Wacky Web Tales.Tales for children to complete online.Handy for reinforcing parts of speech.

Black Star, Bright Dawn. Literature Unit.

Children's Literature, Lesson Plans and Activities by Book Title.

Shakespeare is Elementary. The site was created by a Grade 2 and 3 class with their teacher and gives an overview of Shakespeare's life, brief reviews of some of his work, ideas for teachers, and artwork by the children.

Children's Literature Guides.

Fret - Free Resources for Teaching English.

The Writing Web Site - rubrics, graphic organisers, high frequency word lists.

"Do We" Really Know Dewey?

Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. A Think Quest Entry.

The Poetry Zone

Updated January 2002

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