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http://www.wordcentral.com/

Wonderful site – try out the Rhyming Dictionary – not only finds the words for you but tells you what they mean! Then have a go at the verse composer – the students will love it!

From Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary at www.Merriam-Webster.com

http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

Some excellent grammar quizzes and handouts here - some of it seems a little over-complicated but lots of choice.

http://www.hoggcentral.freeserve.co.uk

Interactive adventure stories - nothing like having fun whilst learning!

http://www.readwritethink.org/

David is often asked for information on writing and publishing tips for students. This site has just about everything you need to know plus lesson plans, activities etc. Check out the Calendar!

http://www.dawnofday.com/index.htm

Another site to browse - geared towards students.

http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/

For younger students - a wide variety of tips and tricks, games, interactive stories - you name it, you get it!

http://www.longroad.ac.uk/accreditation/subject_english/comparative_contextual/comparative_contextual.htm

Some comprehensive and superb A2 English topics here.

http://highschoolhub.org/hub/english.cfm

This is an American site (so we need to be a little careful with some spellings of course) but they have interactive lessons, quizzes games (if you delve deeper they have stuff on other curriculum subjects too!)

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/index.htm

I know not what to say about this site - loads and loads of activities which use History, Geography etc to help the students with their literacy skills whilst learning more about the various topics

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/literacy/interactives.php

Two superb literacy activities - one practises your spelling and lets you write a story then print it. The other takes you through a Newspaper with lots of activities and, once again, you can print out your answers.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/index.htm

Having trouble getting the notion of "rhyme" across? Reggie can help!

http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/education/mCurse.html

Escape from the Mummy by searching the interactive museum, finding the answers to questions and unlocking the doors! Excellent adventure!

http://www.zuzu.org/newstory.html

A place where students can write a tale using a Mystery Picture as inspiration - they may well publish it also!

http://www.seussville.com/

Would have liked to have pointed you directly to the Create a Story page but it's all in Flash so will leave it to you to browse this site!

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/missionz/missionz.htm

Help Captain Garfield save the world from the aliens (and learn about sleep at the same time!)

http://www.meganova.com/megakids/sherlock.htm

There are several wordsearch generators on the web but this is geared to students - they create the search, illustrate it, print out and do it! Nice way to learn spellings perhaps!

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive/grammar_games_index_page01.html

A huge selection of grammar games here - well worth a browse!

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/superlatives01.html

A nice superlative adjective game - you learn some interesting facts when checking the answers too!

http://www.cyberteens.com/fg/ga/ad/sn/#

Help Mr Snoozleberg negotiate his sleepwalking trips - involves some reading and

following instructions, but is mostly just fun!

http://www.abctooncenter.com/rangerx.htm

Great game for those reluctant readers - short, sweet but good fun

http://www.lexigame.com/letterbox/letterbox.html

A somewhat addictive game but helps with spelling practice

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/storyscramble/index.html

A nice game where you put the story in the right order - reading without realising it!

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/characters/index.htm

Choose how you want your "character" to look. Write about him/her and print off for your teacher - good description practice activity.

http://www.englishonline.co.uk/englishnon/literacy/literacy11-14/instruct.html

An excellent site which leads you through the "How To..." process (writing good instructions). The student works their way through and then produces their own set of instructions.

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/spacestation/directions.htm

Build a shuttle and a space station by answering "word" questions correctly.