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Web Resources for your Teaching Program
There is a wealth of resources available on the Internet to support your teaching program. Links include links to reviews, author and illustrator profiles, teaching ideas and lesson plans. Below is an annotated list to get you started:
GENERAL GATEWAY SITES FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Books
and Reading
A
wonderful Australian site designed by Jill ball for ASLA(NSW). It provides
a comprehensive portal site for teachers wishing to gain access to quality
Children's Literature resources on the web. From here you can access detailed
information on Associations, Book Awards, Teaching Resources, Journals
and even find links to specialist Children's Publishers and Booksellers.
Book
Lists
Would
you like to know which were the "100 Books that shaped the Century?"
Do you want a Book List on a particular topic or theme for your classroom
Literature program? Look no further. Jill Ball has provided a comprehensive
set of book lists and bibliographies for students K-12. The lists are
available on the ASLA(NSW) site. A valuable resource.
Focus
on Fiction
Excellent site from Western Australian Deprtment of Education, which
provides a comprehensive resource for teachers of Children,s Literature.
It contains fiction lists for students organised by author, genre and
age. There are also links to authors, illustrators and publisher sites
along with many practical ideas for teaching Literature in the classroom.
Dromkeen
_
The Home of the Australian Children's Literature Collection, a unique
collection of original artwork, manuscripts and other pre-publication
material from Australian children's books.
Children's
Literature Web Guide
One of the best known international sites on the web. Comprehensive
and worth a visit but may not have been updated recently. Consequently
some links may not work.
Carol
Hursts Children's Literature Site
This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways
to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about
particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
USQ Children's literature _ a portal site
Kaye
Vandergrift's Special Interest page
An academic's Children's Literature site
BOOK AWARD SITES
Children's
Book Council of Australia
The Children's Book Council of Australia aims to foster children's
enjoyment of books through a range of activities including the annual
book of the year awards.
International
Children's Book Awards
This site lists international awards for Children's Literature including
the Caldecott Medal; Newberry Honour List; Hans Christian Andersen and
Kate Greenway medals.
Children's
Choice Awards (Australia)
This page provides links to the Children's Choice Awards offered in each
state including the YABBA and KOALA awards.
TEACHING RESOURCES
Great
Books for Girls/ Great Books for Boys
Read about the characteristics and reading preferences of boys and
girls.
Children's
Literature - Resources for Teachers
Links to teaching ideas and lesson plans available on the web
Cyberguides:
Teacher Guides and Student Activities
CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, units of instruction
centered on core works of literature, such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar;
Stellaluna; Charlotte's Web, Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh; and Hatchet.
Fiction
in the Classroom
Collection of wonderful ideas for integrating fiction
into the classroom. Part of the WA Focus on Fiction site
Language
and Literature Experiences
A useful gateway site for teachers from Canada.
Literature Circles Literature Circles Resource Centre
Discussion
Groups and Literature Circles
Readers
Theatre
Aaron Shepard's Readers Theatre page
Readers Theatre _ Teaching ideas
STORYTELLING
-Aaron Shepard's Storytelling Page
Tales & Tips on How to Tell a Story
INTEGRATING
LITERATURE AND TECHNOLOGY
Catching Literature in the Net - PEN 117
Primary English teachers Association (PETA) article available online. It discusses using the Internet to assist teachers and children to enjoy reading all a full range of texts and in all varieties of contexts.
A Book Rap is a book discussion conducted via electronic mail. Individuals or groups of students from across the country or around the world can discuss the scheduled books. The Book Rap site is coordinated by Oz Teacher Net.
This site coordinated by Barbara Braxton (Teacher Librarian Extraordinaire) is designed to enrich and enhance your students' literacy development by using Information Technology to unite students across Australia in celebrating the joy of reading. In the months leading up to Book Week students can participate in a variety of actual and online activities.
YARA The Young Australian Readers' Awards
Participate in the national, online students choice awards in Australia. Read students' reviews of the latest titles from the best Australian authors, Read the books for yourself and then vote for your favourite!
PUBLISHER SITES
Publisher
Sites
A directory of Australian Publisher sites are listed.
ASK
BLAKE
Publishers of the well regarded Targeting Text series. The Topic bank
includes a series of literature teaching units which you can download
up to 20 whole units free.