ENGLISH

Useful Links
P1 & 2
TOPIC
INTERESTING WEBSITES (URLS)
WEBSITES DETAILS
READING http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/preview.html Downloadable Free Books - Readinga-z.com

- Locate books that are grades A to I
  http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc
/studyzone/200/reading/index.htm
Reading Exercises (Level 200) - ELC Study Zone

- 2 Stories "A Special Christmas Present" and "Two Sisters and the cat"

- For each story, the following online exercises include Reading Comprehension (MCQ), Recreating The Story and Cloze Passage (Gap-Fill Exercise)

- For P1 & 2, pupils can concentrate more on Reading Comprehension Cloze Passage

- Evaluation of answers and grades (in the form of %tages) are provided online
  http://english-zone.com/reading/fables.html Aesop's Fables (about 300 fables) - English-Zone.com
- A very comprehensive collection
     
VOCABULARY http://home.earthlink.net/~eslstudent/
vocab/topics.html
Vocabulary Exercises - ESL Home (COMPREHENSIVE)
- Sorted according to topics eg Animals,Clothing, Occupations etc

- Collection of online Vocab Exercises from a variety of sources

- Learning is done thru' animations, Memory-match Card Games, Quizzes
     
WRITING http://www.english-zone.com/writing/goldi.html Create Your Own Story based on "Goldilocks & The 3 Bears": (Fun) - English-Zone.com

- Familiar story that pupils will recognise its different parts

- Certain new information will be entered online (eg another animal, name of main character, locations etc) and an adapted story using these new information will be created by clicking on "Write My Story!" button

- Can be used as an Introductory lesson to writing
  http://www.eduplace.com/tales/ Wacky Web Tales (Create Your Own Story) - eduplace.com (Extremely Fun - Some story categories can be appropriate for P2)
- Some information will be entered online (eg names, places etc)
- Stories are arranged in different categories
- Story is created by clicking on "See Your Wacky Web Tale" button
- A "Parts Of Speech Help" button is also included to provide further explanation on the different parts of speech required
     
TYPING http://www.typingpal.com/ Typing Pal Online: (EXCELLENT)

- Registration of new users required

- Exercises of different parts of the keyboard based on pairs/groups of letters/ numbers

- Pupils can go on to the Practice section once mastery of typing is achieved (Practice section consists of passages)

- Statistics of the performance are consolidated for every exercise done during each login visit to the website
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