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Useful Links

P5 & 6
TOPIC
INTERESTING WEBSITES (URLS)
WEBSITES DETAILS
READING http://teacher.scholastic.com
/writewit/mff/fairytales_discovering.htm
"Discovering Fairy Tales - Scholastic Online
- Info abt Fairy Tales"

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff
/fractured_fairy_true.htm

"The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! Classroom Activities - Scholastic Online
- Include pre-reading, post-reading lesson ideas & Classroom activities"

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff
/fractured_readall.asp

"Fairy Tales Library - Scholastic Online
- Library of Fairy Tales from children "

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330
/reading/index.htm

"Reading Exercises (Level 330) - ELC Study Zone
(Appropriate for P5 pupils)
- 6 Nasreddin Stories
- For each story, the following online exercises include Reading Comprehension (MCQ), Recreating The Story and Cloze Passage (Gap-Fill Exercise)
- Evaluation of answers and grades (in the form of %tages) are provided online"

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410
/reading/index.htm

"Reading Exercises (Level 410) - ELC Study Zone
(Appropriate for P6 & more advanced P5 pupils)
- 5 Stories
- For each story, the following online exercises include Reading Comprehension (MCQ), Grammar Exercise (to practise specific grammar item but based on the passage) & Summary (less than 100 words)
- Note that the online submission of the Summary doesn't work but Trs can train the more capable pupils to summarise using MS Word
- Evaluation of all other answers, except for Summary, and grades (in the form of %tages) are provided online"

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/490
/wchild/index.htm

"Reading Exercises (Level 490) - ELC Study Zone
(Appropriate for P6 & more advanced P5 pupils)
- 5 Stories around the Theme ""Wild Children""
- For each story, the following online exercises include Reading Comprehension (MCQ) with limited passage-reading time, Grammar Exercise (to practise specific grammar item but based on the passage) & a Writing Exercise (specific instructions are given)
- Note that the online submission of the Writing Exercise doesn't work but the more capable pupils can write or type using MS Word
- Evaluation of all other answers, except for Summary, and grades (in the form of %tages) are provided online"

http://english-zone.com/reading/magi.html
"Story ""The Gift Of The Magi"" - English-zone.com (USEFUL)
- Difficult vocabulary words are highlighted and can be clicked on to reveal the meaning of the words"

http://english-zone.com/reading/spider.html
"News Article ""Los Angles Area Gets A New Spider"" - English-zone.com (INTERESTING)
- Non fiction with a reading quiz"

     
VOCABULARY http://home.earthlink.net/~eslstudent/vocab/types.html

"Vocabulary Exercises - ESL Home (COMPREHENSIVE)
- Sorted according to Idioms, Phrasal Verbs, Similies, Opposites, Homonyms etc (Topic on ""Animals"" is more suitable for P1 & P2)
- Collection of online Vocab Exercises from a variety of sources
- Learning is done thru' explanations, crossword puzzles & Quizzes"

     
GRAMMAR http://www.clta.on.ca/EAOnline/GrammarCentral/index.html
"Grammar Central - CLTA (GOOD)
- Comprehensive list of Grammar Items
- Include examples and notes
- Suitable for Trs (reference purposes) & pupils (during instruction)
- Simple quiz at the end of each review of Grammar Item"

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330
/grammar/index.htm

"Grammar Topics (Level 330) - ELC Study Zone
- Topics include: Parts Of Speech, Verbs (many sub-categories), Conditionals, Nouns, Adjectives & Pronouns, Conjunctions & Punctuation (Commas)
- Some of the topics will have a summarised section of important points before the online exercises
- Online exercises to practise and review the topics
- Evaluation of answers and grades (in the form of %tages) are provided online"

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410
/grammar/index.htm

"Grammar Topics (Level 410) - ELC Study Zone
(More Advanced)
- Topics include: Nouns & Pronouns, Adjectives & Adjective Clauses, Adverbs & Adverb Clauses, Gerunds & Infinitives, Verbs, Causatives, Conditionals, Punctuation (Colons & Semi-Colons)
- Some of the topics will have a summarised section of important points before the online exercises
- Online exercises to practise and review the topics
- Evaluation of answers and grades (in the form of %tages) are provided online"

http://www.clta.on.ca/EAOnline/TerribleTeacher
/index.html

"Online Grammar Exercises - Terrible Teacher CLTA
- Different Grammar Items (eg Punctuation, Tenses)
- Online exercise with answers provided
- Pupils need to explain why the sentence is grammatically incorrect by typing in the blank provided"
http://english-zone.com/grammar/index.html
"Grammar Zone - English-zone.com
- Covers topics such as Nouns, Adjectives, Clauses, Prepositions etc in the form of notes and quizzes
- Within each topic, there are a few free-access subtopics determined by the appropriate icon (most are for members only)
- This website could be used as a reference for Trs "

http://english-zone.com/verbs/index.html
"Verb Zone - English-zone.com
- Covers topics such as Irregular Verbs, Phrasal Verbs etc in the form of notes and quizzes
- Within each topic, there are a few free-access subtopics determined by the appropriate icon (most are for members only)
- This website could be used as a reference for Trs "

http://www.esl-lounge.com/board_gamesindex.html
"Printable Board Games Templates (A3/A4) - ESL-Lounge.com
- Board games templates on various aspects of Grammar
- Short description of the board games are given
- Templates are in MS Word, so it's easy to make changes to suit the class needs"

     
WRITING http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff
/fairytale_publish.asp

"Fairy Tales Library Online Publishing - Scholastic Online
- Pupils can publish their Fairy Tales online"

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit
/mystery/index.htm

"Mystery Writing With Joan Lowery Nixon - Scholastic Online
- Include writing tips, strategies to write & publish a spooky tale"

http://www.teachercreated.com/pdfs/lessons
/020222pl.pdf


"Adventure Story Starters - pdf (Useful)
- 6 Adventure Story Starters
- Includes Peer & Teacher Assessment Sheets for post-writing evaluation"
http://www.gigglepotz.com/mudpie.htm
"Using Cartoons To Teach Creative Writing - Gigglepotz.com (Fun)
- 11 Cartoon Ideas for different types of writing exercises (eg Writing instructions, Letter Writing, Adjectives Practice, Descriptive Writing etc)
- Each cartoon idea includes the cartoon strip and instructions to carry out the writing lesson"

http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/summer/do
/read/howto.html

"How To Write A Story - Blackdog4kids.com (Good)
- Guide to writing a story includes Story Structure, Development of Character, Setting, Problem etc
- Simple and clear instructions"
http://www.english-zone.com/writing/para-strctr.html
"Structure Of A Paragraph - English-zone.com (USEFUL)
- In-depth and clear instruction on the structure of a paragraph
- By clicking on the main headings (those that are in bold and underlined), further examples based on a given paragraph would be shown to illustrate the point"
http://www.english-zone.com/writing/strctr-quiz.html
Quiz on Structure Of A Paragraph - English-zone.com
http://www.english-zone.com/writing/para-prewrite.html
"Prewriting Paragaphs - English-zone.com (USEFUL)
- In-depth and clear instruction on the prewriting process"
http://www.kidscom.com/create/write/write_form.html
"Write Me A Story - Kidscom.com (Online Submission)
- Create a story based on the given character, prop and place (these 3 items must be woven into the story). Other info can also be included
- Story is typed online (no word limit). Details such as pupil's name, age & place of residence are to be included for online submission
- Each week, the entries will be voted by kids around the world
- An archive of past winning story entires can be found"
http://www.kidscom.com/create/write/write.html
"Write Me A Story - Kidscom.com
- Archive of past winning story entires"

     
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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