English at Trellech

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Cool websites to help you learn about ENGLISH

At the bottom of this page you can download: Rules for story writing, a line guide, activities to help you remember spellings, NATIONAL a great font to download and help young writers (you need to install it in your font folder), the alphabet (animated for bedroom display), giant ? and !

	Children's Stories	This site is a great collection of as well as author interviews and lots of childrens book news. It?s good.
	Aesop's Fables	Online collection of Aesop's Fables includes a total of 655+ Fables, indexed in table format, with morals listed.
	Literacy Games & Help	Great website with games & help for Literacy lessons.
	Find out about & read stories by classic authors	Find out about & read stories by classic authors. Here you can read classic stories chapter by chapter.
	The Lion, The Witch & The Wardobe	Ever read The Lion, The Witch & The Wardobe? If so you?ll love this site!
	ICT & English Help for Infants	Great site aimed at helping infant children (Reception-Y2) use the internet & help in literacy.
	Australian Stories	This site has some myths & legends set in Australia
	Help with Writing	Writing is a process with several steps to follow. This workshop allows you to work through all the steps in the writing process with online resources.
	The International Library of Poetry	This site is recommended by Alex. It has every poem you ill ever want to read.
	Book Reviews	This site is about books and ideas. It is written for intelligent young readers who are keen to choose their own books
	Captain Underpants	A favourite website of the children in Year 6??one child in particular! Find out about children?s favourite, the one & only Captain Underpants!
	Anagram Maker	This website lets you turn words into anagrams
	Online Dictionary	Get your spellings right without having to go to the bookshelf with this on-line dictionary

Some Websites about great authors

	Arthur Ransome	Site about author Arthur Ransome, creator of classic tale, 'Swallows & Amazons'.
	Betsy Byars	Website of Betsy Byars children's author who has written over 50 books!
	Judy Blume	Website of children's author Judy Blume
	Lewis Carroll	Homepage of (& everything you need to know about) the late Lewis Carroll
	Edward Lear	All about Author Edward Lear as well as chances to make nonsense poems of your own!
	Beatrix Potter	The official and definitive site on the world of Beatrix Potter.
	Roald Dahl	The official website of Roald Dahl with lots of information about his work. Really good & recommended by Sophie. You might be asked whether you have a certain piece of software on your computer (a plug-in). If you don't you can download it (YOU MUST ASK PERMISSION FROM AN ADULT FIRST) or you can skip this which just means the website won't look quite as good.
	Jenny Sullivan	This is the website for Jenny Sullivan.