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Literacy


EDUCATIONAL GAMES
Learn English Kids
Literacy games and activities for young kids.


LITERACY, ESL
GrammarBank
Learn English free online. Includes online quizzes and tests.

LITERACY
31 Online Resources for Better Writing
Links to websites with writing resources.

LITERACY TUTORIALS
Interactive Reading Websites
Interactive websites to promote reading, as well as some online games.

LITERACY
Language Arts Games
Online literacy games from Sheppard Software.

LITERACY
MyVocabulary
Word-related activities and puzzles.

LITERACY ACTIVITIES
English Quiz Handouts
Printable very simple English grammar and vocabulary quizzes and worksheets.

LITERACY, ESL
ESLGold
Activities to promote English language skills.

ONLINE LITERACY HELP

Grammar Book
Grammar rules, punctuation rules, capitalisation rules, commonly confused words, writing numbers.

LITERACY

Writing Fun
Using text organisers to assist students with the writing process.

LITERACY 
Literacy - Genre and Text Type Checklists
Tip sheets for students on a wide range of types of writing.

LITERACY
Persuasive Writing
Short Writing Workshop lessons from Scholastic to take students through the stages of writing an essay.

IPHONE APPS & LITERACY
50 Fun iPhone Apps to Get Kids Reading and Learning






Handwriting

HANDWRITING
Handwriting [pdf, 5.5MB]
Tasmanian Department of Education booklet on teaching handwriting.
(If unavailable, try archived copy:
Handwriting [pdf, 5.5MB].

- See also Handwriting: Guide for Parents [Word] (Tasmanian Department of Education)

HANDWRITING WORKSHEETS
Handwriting Practice
(worksheetworks.com)
Type or paste your own words to create your own handwriting worksheets.

HANDWRITING WORKSHEETS
Cursive Handwriting Practice Worksheet Creator
(handwritingworksheets.com)
Type or paste your own paragraph or words (NB Site contains pop-ups).



ENGLISH
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Purdue Online Writing LabFree resources to use in teaching grammar, writing and more. For an overview see the sitemap.

ENGLISH
30 Ideas for Teaching Writing
A list of practical ways for English teachers to teach writing to school students.

ENGLISH
Teaching Australian Literature
This resource is designed to assist secondary and tertiary teachers of Australian literature.

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Children's Books Online

Huge collection of antique illustrated children's books. For example, see Jack and the Beanstalk.


BOOKS AND LITERATURE
60 Second Recap
Brief presentations to help school students relate to a variety of books commonly studied at school.

LITERACY
Ultimate Teen Reading List
List of suggested books for teenagers to read.

 

LITERACY, ESL, LOTE
10 Resources for ESL & Foreign Language Students

REFERENCING

Interactive Referencing

Create bibliographies of websites, podcasts, ebooks, books and other information sources.

 

 

Style guides

See separate Style guides page

 

 

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