Literacy Resources

I am fairly new to blogging and as part of undertaking an online course in blogging, 31 days to be a better blogger, I have had to reflect on my learning.  The learning in technology has been enormous – technorati, google analytics and heat maps to mention but a few but there has also been some [...]

Many teachers are now using blogging with their pupils or students.  There are a whole range of types of blog post and these can be used to develop a range of writing styles and text types particularly in non-fiction writing.  These ideas have been taken from the slideshow The 25 Basic Styles of Blogging by rohitbhargava. Review blogging – [...]

For some time now we have used film to support writing.  Here we use a Scooby Doo trailer to explore how focusing on different aspects of a film changes the writing. Scooby Doo – Batman Trailer Uploaded by Leeowen We always turn the sound down on this trailer and stop it before the Batman outline [...]

And to celebrate the new year her is another fantastic resource from Pie Corbett: Jumpstart! Poetry  Games and Activities for ages 7 – 12.   If you click on the open book icon in the image of the book you can see for yourself what is in this book.  I particularly like the section that [...]

Games and activities for ages 7 – 12 This is one of Pie’s latest books based on his recent work around talk for writing .  The book is packed full of ideas for developing children’s story telling and story making.  The sections based around creative warm-ups and strengthening the imagination are especially valuable for dev [...]

 This site http://myths.e2bn.org/ is a great online resource for writing myths and legends produced by the East England Learning Grid. On the site you will find myths and legends which you can share and enjoy as a class both in the written form and animated.  The best part of the site is the Story Creator [...]

comic-life-pod - to hear about Comic Life click on the link.   This is a fantastic bit of software.  It takes pictures from your computer or captures them from a webcam and then puts them into a comic format.  See the software at http://plasq.com/comiclife-win where you can download a free 30 day trial.  You can add text and [...]