Published by A.J. Berghuis, NZ
This site has a range of interactive language activities such as cloze, scrambled sentences, crosswords, Madlibs (crazy stories) and word play.
Students can reassemble sentences, create their own crazy stories, test their knowledge of onomatopoeia, metaphors, alliteration etc. It has a great variety and gives immediate feedback. Suitable for middle and upper primary.
Authored by Alison Miles
Wordbox lists all Australian writing competitions and opportunities, literary events, workshops and reading activities as a resource for school-aged Australians. Competition entries are organised by date. YouWrite features aspiring and published authors on writing. Readers, discover wordie activities on ReadMe!
Published by Branpop.com. Mount Kisco, New York, USA
Animated movies on this site explain concepts in a voice accompanied by an accessible educational and entertaining visual style that would appeal to both children and adults.
Students can choose from a long list of activities including types of writing. Suitable for upper primary and lower secondary.
Authored by Martin Jorgensen
This website was designed to help young adults engage with story writing. Lightning Bug has been written with a focus on fostering inspiration, finding voice, developing structure and encouraging an interest in writing. The site is intended to be a writing companion and a resource to draw on as a narrative is crafted. Suitable for middle primary, upper primary and secondary students.
Published by International Reading Association, National Council for Teachers of English, Marco Polo Education Foundation, USA
This activity is part of a large selection of useful strategies provided for teachers of English. Students can go to home page to see a range of excellent resources including a huge range of related web sites.
Students can plan a story using graphic organisers to outline the characters, the setting, the conflict and the resolution. When this is completed the work can then be printed. Suitable for lower, middle and upper primary.
Published by UNITEC Institute of Technology, for the NZ Ministry of Education
This site contains continuous stories, places to share pieces of writing and information about books to read. There is a lot of information for teachers as well as an opportunity for students to publish their writing.