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- Literary
WebQuests [Carefully
designed units of work based on using the Internet
& literature to provide learning experiences
that help students develop higher-order thinking
skills]
- Student
Created Website [Designed
to inspire young people to read]
- ThinkQuest
[Students and educators
work collaboratively in teams to learn as they
create web-based learning materials and teach
others.]
- Blogs [Journal-style
Internet sites]
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the strategies listed here & below can be adapted.
Use them as models or springboards for planning
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- Battle
of the Books [Book
Week]
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- Book
Reviews/Book Reports [Read,
Analyse, Write Reviews]
- A
Message about Messages by
Ursula Le Guin [An
article that provides thought-provoking reading
for reviewers and for teachers planning literature-based
units for students.]
- Kids
Read - Share a Book [Section
of English Online, NZ. Reviews in age categories]
- Teenreads.com
[USA site. Magazine format
to appeal to adolescents]
- The
Horn Book [Sample
reviews from current issue of acclaimed Horn Book
magazine. USA]
- Magpies
[Aust. Sample reviews
from current issue of Magpies: Talking About
Books for Children. ]
- The
Courier Mail [Reviews
from Young Reviewer of the Year Competition 2004,
in The Courier Mail newspaper QLD]
- Misrule
- Reviews [Reviews
by Judith Ridge, Australian Children's Literature
expert]
- Aussiereviews.com [Aust.
Reviews of books, music, films, websites written
by Sally Murphy]
- The
Source [Aust.
Excellent online reference guide to children's
books. Contains a database of over 15,500 books,
with reviews written by Kerry White & Rayma
Turton, experts in the field. Accessible by subscription].
- Viewpoint [Information
about the reviewing journal published by the Education
faculty, University of Melbourne]
- Write
a Book Review With Rodman Philbrick [USA
Online Workshop]
- More
Ideas Than You'll Ever Use For Book Reports
[For teachers on Teachernet.
Lists 300+ ways of encouraging students to make
meaning from reading.]
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- Digital
Storytelling
- Educational
Uses of Digital Storytelling [Excellent
teacher resource on the University of Houston site
providing background information to digital storytelling,
educational goals & objectives, examples, practical
tips, information about software, resources, evaluation]
- Digital
Storytelling Workshop Course [Teacher
reference. Article by Bernard R. Robin & Melissa
E. Pierson, University of Houston outlining the
digital storytelling course at the University of
Houston, which is aimed at teachers.]
- Developing
Digital Short Films by Sherri Sheridan [This
text provides a useful guide for those interested
in digital film making. Teacher resource]
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- Learning
Ladders
- Literature
Learning Ladders [Encourage
active reading through book-technology connections.
This US site provides links to: collaborative
and interactive projects that use literature &
ICT; literary webquests; integrating web resources
with award-winning books; and scaffolding to develop
literature learning ladders of your own]
- The
Tale of Despereux - Literature Learning Ladder,
for Newbery Medal winning
novel for Middle Childhood by Kate DiCamillo.
Book
review.
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- Literary
WebQuests
- Banned
Books Quest [Early
to Late Adolescence. Students form into committees
to research the pertinent issues on banning controversial
materials in order to present a unified statement
at a public hearing on the banning of particular
books in a school. ]
- Charlotte's
WebQuest [Middle
Childhood. Developed by an American teacher this
' WebQuest' is an online unit rather than a webQuest.
It involves students in reading & discussing
this classic story, making comparisons between
the fictional characters and real animals and
showing this on a Venn Diagram, completing vocabulary
and maths activities based on the book]
- A
Collection of Literary WebQuests
[Middle Childhood to Late Adolescence]
- Edgar
Allan Poe: Father of Horror [WebQuest.
Early to Late Adolescence. Designed to allow students
to investigate the life of Poe & apply their
research to his works and the works of Stephen
King. Students will read a variety of texts, create
dramas & produce documents based on their
understanding of their reading & research]
- English
and Language Arts WebQuests [Tom
March's Best
WebQuests site]
- Fairytale
Court/The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
[MC but can be adapted
easily for EC or EA. ]
- Literary
Fan Club [Early
Adolescence. Learning activities include writing
in a variety of styles, using effective research
strategies, selecting & using appropriate
technoligies, engaging in recreational reading.]
- The
LoraxQuest: The Grickle-grass Gazette [Middle
Childhood. Students involved in reading for information,
connecting literature to the real world, researching
environmental concerns, writing news articles,
designing an adversisment, finding a picture to
meet criteria, creating a newspaper page. The
Lorax by Dr Seuss used as stimulus.]
- The
Realm of Fairy Tales
[Middle Childhood. Students work collaboratively
to read & analyse fairytales & identify
recurring themes. Develop a story map and write
own fairytale.]
- Roald
Dahl Webquest [Middle
Childhood. English Online site. NZ. Read a selection
of titles, choose favourite, share reasons with
class, create a poster, develop a storyboard &
create a short video based on an episode from
a Dahl story.]
- To
Kill a Mockingbird: Growing up in the 1930s
[Early to Late Adolescence.
This WebQuest will take students back in time
to learn what life is like as a young person growing
up in the 30s.]
- Wuthering
Heights WebQuest [Late
Adolescence. Can be modified for almost any novel.
Students work in groups to rewrite part of the
story in a more modern setting, as a scene in
a play. Involves character analysis, researching
historical setting, costume design, choosing appropriate
dialogue.]
- Young
Author's Webquest [A
WebQuest for literature and Art developed by university
students in the US. For Middle Childhood but can
be adapted for younger or older students.]
- Background
Information about WebQuests
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- Literature
Circles/Reading Groups
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- Reader's
Cup
- EdNA
site for Teacher-Librarians [Contains
shared documents on how to conduct a Readers
Cup competition, designed to promote and
recognise the importance of reading. Scroll
down to No. 5 - Readers Cup
Competition Documents]
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- Reader's
Theatre
- Aaron
Shepard's RT page [MC-EA.
Comprehensive site, by an expert in Reader's theatre,
containing: scripts; hints for scripting, staging
& performing; recommended reading; & links]
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- Simultaneous
Storytime
- National
Simultaneous Storytime
[Annual event for Early Childhood, held during
National Literacy and Numeracy Week.]
In 2008 to be held on Wednesday
21 May, 2008 .
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- Storytelling
- Australian
Storytelling [Comprehensive
teacher resource for all phases]
- Story
Arts Online [Practical
site for teachers of all phases providing a rationale
for storytelling, suggested activities, resources]
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- Student
Created Website
- Fabulous
Fiction [Site created
by 2 teenage boys to inspire other young people
to read]
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- ThinkQuest
- ThinkQuest
[Student-Created Units
of Work]
- The
Hole Truth [A
Unit Studydeveloped by students working collaboratively,
based on Louis Sachar's Book Holes
]
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- Blogs
- Blogs
in Education [Background
information including educational value of Blogs,
teacher & classroom applications]
Australian:
- Fiction
Focus Blog [Our
blog complements the
Fiction
Focus journal.
It is designed to provide news about current
events, resources and research to assist teachers
and teacher librarians engage teenagers with
books and reading.]
- Read
Alert: A Blog about Youth Literature
[State Library of Victoria site focusing on children's
& YA literature contains news, reviews, opinions,
booklists author information & more. Highly
recommended.]
- The
Misrule Blog [Blog
created by Judith Ridge, expert in children's
Literature, critic, advocate and teacher.]
- ReadPlus [Australian
blog by Pat Pledger that provides
lists, reviews and resources for librarians,
teachers and parents about books for 5-18 year
olds. Subscription]
UK and USA:
- ACHUKABLOG
[the weblog of Michael
Thorn, editor of ACHUKA UK]
- Reading
Rants! Out of the ordinary Teen Booklists!
[The
original Reading Rants! review site is now
an interactive blog, where teens can not only
respond to reviews but also write their own.]
- Intergalactic
Playground [Dedictated
to children's literature, especially children's
science fiction]
- The
Secret Life of Bees by
Sue Monk Kidd [Example
of a weblog that relates to a specific text. Reader's
Guide to The Secret
Life of Bees constructed
by a Modern American Literature class at Hunterdon
Central Regional HS in the US.]
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