Literacy

don't buy it get media smart - media literacy, teaches about advertising tricks online

media smart - media literacy for kids, a site from the UK

sun herald class scoop - develop the media literacy of students with reading and activities provided on this primary school level site from the herald

through my window - on the new Curriculum Support website

curriculum support - English

premier's reading challenge

interactive stories for early readers

Word study/Grammar

Create a wacky web tale - by putting in the parts of speech asked for and generating stories

dictionary skills/word study - online lesson plans with worksheets, samples of the macquarienet resource, includes a lesson plan on Aboriginal languages. Click on the schools link, then the lesson plans link

collective nouns - check for or submit your own suggestion

online dictionary and thesaurus - scroll down for meanings from different sources, not all features available without subscription

visual thesaurus - created using Think Map; this is great, try it!

abcteach - flashcards, word lists, etc. for basic skills

Readers' Theatre scripts and sites

reader's theater editions

the role of storytelling in indigenous australian culture

Book notes from publishers and others

allen & unwin teachers' notes and briefings - for some titles eg Papunya School book of country and history.

penguin books - information about books, authors and illustrators

Text types

South Grafton P.S. - text types explained

St Pius College, Chatswood - tabulated presentation of text types and their features

Literature

Legends - fact and fiction links about legends including discussion and full-texts

Traditional literature - information on folktales, myths and other traditional literature including fairytales

ESL

Language teaching clipart - useful for ESL

ESL page - lotsa links on the Trinity Grammar website including an online ESL dictionary