A thread for English tchrs thinking about what and how to teach if the school, students and/or themselves needs to be isolated. 1. Readworks - stories and articles for students based on reading ability, theme etc. Article of the day a great place to start. readworks.org
2. Newsela - similar to ReadWorks and works with Google Classroom. newsela.com
3. CommonLit - another free site for reading passages and activities. commonlit.org
4. ReadTheory - free to join and lots of comprhension skill building activities. readtheory.org
5. The Story Shack - writing stimulus and ideas generators and more. thestoryshack.com
6. New York Times Writing Prompts - so many to choose from. Here is a place to start. nytimes.com/2016/10/20/lea…
7. Generic study guide - different levels of challenge, lots of questions to pick and choose. elaessentials.weebly.com/uploads/5/0/1/…
8. Love a choice board - perfect for any text and easily adaptable to any form. docs.google.com/document/d/1NI…
9. Don't forget Project Gutenberg for fee access to lots of classic novels to set for students to read at home. gutenberg.org
10. The wonderful Pobble 356 for writing inspiration and associated activities. pobble365.com
11. The Literacy Shed - especially for Stage 4. Wonderful short films with activities, organised by genre. An oldie but goodie! literacyshed.com/home.html
12. PicLits - a wonderful resource for creating poetry. piclits.com/compose_dragdr…
What can you add to the list? Let's help each other out in these stressful times. #TeamEnglishOz
14. Storybird. Get students to create a picture book & maybe read it to their siblings. storybird.com
DoE (NSW) resources for school planning for all subjects and stages and more to come. education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-l…
Lots of great free teaching resources on Shakespeare and his plays as well as a virtual tour of the theatre at The Globe Theatre website. shakespearesglobe.com/learn/teaching…
As well, here are 9 virtual tours of key theatres and places in Shakespeare's life that are easy to access. Students could write descriptions, imagine that have been transported there and write a story, devise a series of questions for other students etc. artsandculture.google.com/theme/9-virtua…
My Shakespeare - full text, interactive editions with multimedia resources. Can be linked to Google Classroom. Free to join. myshakespeare.com
Shakespeare Lives! An amazing resource celebrating all things Shakespeare. Students can even design a scene. Lots of things to keep students engaged. shakespearelives.org/programme/
Shakespeare Uncovered by PBS - great resources including lesson plans and videos. can be linked to Google Classroom. pbslearningmedia.org/collection/sha…
