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http://www.workingtitlepress.com.au/teachers_notes.html
Added:16 Apr 2014
Contributor: Scoilnet
Resource type: Guide/Notes, Lesson Plan
Guidelines and notes for teachers on a wide selection of children's novels. The notes include a biographical note on the author and illustrator as well as a synopsis of the story and discussion points for class.
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English3-45-6
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Reading
Suggestions for use: Select a specific book and follow the discussion points. The points in specific plans could also be applied to other books not covered here. Very practical questions.
Strand: Reading
Suggestions for use: Select a specific book and follow the discussion points. The points in specific plans could also be applied to other books not covered here. Very practical questions.
http://www.kids-bookreview.com/
Added:16 Apr 2014
Contributor: Scoilnet
Resource type: Other
A project that allows users to write reviews of children's books.
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English3-45-6
http://nicadez.blogspot.ie/2012/09/...each-creative-writing-to-young.html
Added:16 Apr 2014
Contributor: Scoilnet
Resource type: Lesson Plan
One teacher's approach to encouraging creative writing in class. Covers concepts like 'shared writing', 'guided writing' and 'independent writing'.
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Englishin1-2
http://allaboutexplorers.com/webquest/task/
Added:10 Apr 2014
Contributor: Scoilnet
Resource type: Other
Your country is going to name a national holiday after an explorer. You must evaluate various people and decide who is worthy of having a national holiday named after them.
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English5-6
SESE History5-6
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- English
Strand: Writing
Suggestions for use: The WebQuest is designed as a culminating activity for students to apply the beginning research and critical thinking skills they learned in other lessons to a real-world project.
- 5-6
- SESE History
Strand: Story
Strand unit: Stories from the lives of people in the past
Suggestions for use: The WebQuest is designed as a culminating activity for students to apply the beginning research and critical thinking skills they learned in other lessons to a real-world project.
http://www.ehow.com/info_7928512_titanic-projects-school.html
Added:9 Apr 2014
Contributor: Scoilnet
Resource type: Lesson Plan
Four simple lesson ideas covering mapping the route of the Titanic; what makes a ship unsinkable; creating a timeline of events; mock trial on who was responsible for the disaster.
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SESE Geography5-6
English5-6
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- SESE Geography
Strand: Natural Environments
Strand unit: Physical Features
Suggestions for use: Each of the four suggestions are very realistic for class. Very little planning is required though students will need to be familiar with the story of the Titanic.
- 5-6
- English
Strand: Oral Language
Suggestions for use: Each of the four suggestions are very realistic for class. Very little planning is required though students will need to be familiar with the story of the Titanic.
http://www.clicnews.ie/
Added:20 Dec 2013
Contributor: Scoilnet
Resource type: Reference
An Irish news website written in child-friendly language. The news stories are written by Journalism students in the Dublin Institute of Technology and the stories cover a range of Irish, worlwide, geneeral features, entertainment and sport.
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English5-6
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- English
Strand: Reading
Suggestions for use: Use this site to get the children interested in current affairs. Could be very useful in doing projects on current affairs topics.
http://www.obrien.ie/the-real-rebecca
Added:29 Nov 2013
Contributor: Scoilnet
Resource type: Other
Information about the novel presented in an attractive tabbed info box format. Watch the author read from the novel and read over 50 short review comments. Commercial site.
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English5-6
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- English
Suggestions for use: Students can read the info boxes on the site and watch the author Anna Carey read from her novel. Having read some of the short reviews, in pairs, students begin a full review in their journals. They must provide evidence for all their analysis.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/capitals.htm
Added:17 Jun 2013
Contributor: Scoilnet
Resource type: Game
Capitalise the correct letters in each sentence. Then listen to the story.
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English1-2
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- English
Strand: Writing
Suggestions for use: Brainstorm with the class when capitals are needed in sentences. Work through this activity with the class. In pairs ask children to write sentences for eachother without capitals. Swop sentences and correct.
http://fileserver.booktrust.org.uk/.../resources/576/ideas-everywhere.pdf
Added:16 May 2013
Contributor: Scoilnet
Resource type: Guide/Notes
Students will develop a deeper understanding into the processes involved in creating their own short story.(PDF)
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English5-6
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- English
Strand: Writing
Suggestions for use: The teacher shows the opening slide and discusses with the class what is involved when creating a story. As a group the class can create their own collective story. Polly Dunbar has used this method in classrooms where children have very quickly come up with brilliantly inventive, daft and yet rounded stories.
http://www.rhymer.com/
Added:12 Nov 2012
Contributor: Scoilnet
Resource type: Tool
Designed to find rhyming words on the basis of End, Last Syllable, Double, Beginning and First Syllable Rhymes. Great for poetry writing.
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English3-4
How it maps to the curriculum
- 3-4
- English
Strand: Oral Language
Suggestions for use: Use as an aid during poetry writing in class. Use to aid games where children must guess an unfamiliar word they are holding. If the child is holding a flashcard and the class is trying to give them a description of the word but they cannot get it. Use the rhymer to give the child a familiar sound.
