Writing Fun by Jenny Eather Those who have used Jenny's (Australian) Maths sites (Rainforest Maths and Maths Dictionary for Kids), will love her new site which focusses on text types.	Making Kids Writing Shine - Beginnings and Endings Strategies for working on the beginning and ending of texts.	Targeting Text An explicit guided writing project led by Jan Turbill. Read about it and see examples.
Bio-Cube Use this cube to summarise a person's life, then fold it and display as a 3D cube	Writing a Recount Uses "Sorter" software to present a video about how to write a recount. Very teacher friendly	Literature Learning Ladders Themes, literature circles, collaborative projects, web quests, reading and book connections.
English Units Years 1 to 3 A selection of units of work with a focus on a particular genre	English Links Years 4-6 A selection of units of work with a focus on a particular genre	English Links Years 7-8 A selection of units of work with a focus on a particular genre
Teaching Strategies for Teachers Not just narratives, but general teaching strategies for reading, writing, listening and speaking. From English Online	Literacy Teaching Ideas Lots of ideas for different genre as well as worksheets for nouns, verbs, adjectives and more	Writing CheckSheet A page for the teacher about how to encourage self-checking and a checklist for students to use
Genre Links From Beenleigh State School in Australia, has links to lots of sites to help you with different genre.Also links to general English activities	Features of Text Forms From English Online, this has links to Descriptions, Explanations, Instructions, Narratives, Recounts, Reports and Arguments.	Literacy and Technology Ideas for linking the two - lots of simple, easy to use strategies.
Overview of Genre From a US school, an overview of when to introduce each genre, K to Yr 12	A Process Model for Teaching Genre Suggestions about how to most effectively teach different genre	Read, Write, Think A lesson plan for introducing Genre
Primary Resources From the UK. Download genre outlines for a range of genre	Teaching That Makes Sense Strategies to support quality reading, writing and best practice	Planning Your Writing From BBC Skillswise, a range of factsheets on how to help students plan and organise their ideas for writing, including printable organisers. Students can also be a virtual traveller and listen to an audio and then choose a method to plan a travel diary.

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