Writing Tips: Essay Builder
Good advice here for improving your essay writing techniques.
Shakespeare's Life and Times
Well worth visiting if you are studying Shakespeare's life, theatre and society in Renaissance times.
The Gingerbread Man
Read the sad story of the Gingerbread Man. It has colourful illustrations and works well on an interactive whiteboard. The story can be used in the literacy lessons to demonstrate repetitive style of text.
The Aesop for Children
Aesop for Children contains the text of selected fables, pictures, video, and interactive animations, and will be enjoyed by readers of any age. Interact with the charming illustrations to see and hear them move.
The National Literacy Trust
The Trust maintains an online database, and provides information and support to all those interested in enhancing literacy standards. It organises seminars and conferences.
Puffin Books for Children
Popular titles from Puffin sortable by age group, genre, fiction or non-fiction.
Oxford Reading Tree
Details of Oxford Reading Tree resources together with free teacher support materials.
Representative Poetry On-line
Electronic poetry site indexed by name of poet, titles, first lines and by criticism on poetry.
Of Mice and Men Student Study Guide
Six learner guides covering the plot, themes, characters, form, structure and language, context and sample exam question with tips on how to approach it.
To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide
A literacture study guide which examines the plot summary and analysis, themes, quotes, characters and more.
