English

A new resource that supports the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: English is now available. The website called //TeachingACEnglish// and 16 vignettes are online at [|www.teachingacenglish.edu.au] more to come soon!

__ [] __ another website that's useful for teaching the Australian Curriculum. Contains lesson plans etc.

[|**www.theEnglishFaculty.org**]supports upper secondary with video clips from The University of Leeds, JISC and The Faculties For debating issues you might like to have your students sign up to this values exchange which comes with fantastic video support. [] [] Trying to find film to support text, film based on texts or just choose new films? This [|site] might help. For finding alternative words, and using an online [|thesaurus]. Biography writing [|tips:] A useful link for games and [|puzzles.] A wiki for English teachers at Whitefriars College has been designed by Tania Sheko. She is happy to share it with us. It covers many aspects of English teaching and material used in class. Very useful. __Grammar and punctuation__ Grammar Ninja [] Spelling [[@http://www.tutpup.com/|[]]] Related site Moshi Monsters @http://www.moshimonsters.com/affiliate/tutpup Web English Teacher @http://www.webenglishteacher.com/index.html English Club @http://www.englishclub.com/ BBC Skillswise @http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/games/

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Infoplease’s Writing Skills [|http://www.infoplease.com/homework/writingskills1.html#essay] Infoplease’s Spelling Checker [] Internet Public Library’s Literary Criticism Collection [] Kathy Livingston’s Guide to Writing a Basic Essay []

Shakespeare podcasts (Year 10 up recommended) []

Thinking and Planning Tools [] University of South Australia’s Essay Writing page []

Writing short stories: [] [] [|http://wordbox4writers.wordpress.com]

Developing analysis of texts - some ICT-based ideas: from Tehani Wesley, teacher-librarian who has compiled this list of ICT ideas that may assist for using technology in novel analysis:

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There are great online sites that students could use, such as [] or [] or instead, a storyboard site like []

Potentially, using something like Audacity and having students create a podcast (either individually or in collaboration) as a learning activity which they share with the others in the class could be useful.

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Text help:
Night Kite Runner Lord of the Flies Literature Macbeth  I asked the question last week about ideas for using technology in novel analysis. It seems there is NOT much being done in this area at all right now, which I find really interesting! There is plenty to support creative output of the final analysis, but ICT ideas for actually completing analysis? Not so much. Anyway, I compiled some ideas for my teacher, and wanted to share them here:

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This could be interesting: []

There are great online sites that students could use, such as [] or [] or instead, a storyboard site like []

Potentially, using something like Audacity and having the boys create a podcast (either individually or in collaboration) as a learning activity which they share with the others in the class could be useful.

Not sure how much use this one will be, but wondered if the “wall of silence” activity could be one the boys complete using a collaborative Google doc, or Padlet, perhaps? []

Some technology incorporated into this, and I think there’s more scope: []

This one isn’t using technology, but it COULD (or it could just be a useful discussion model) J []

And this could be interesting! [] Again, most of these elements could incorporate different technology to implement…