Free Resources

Special Features

English Online Special Features are resources that can be used in a number of curriculum areas.

Word of the Week - eleven samples from this growing series of articles and activities on English in action.

WordLab - interactive experiments with words! Samples from Collapser, Fridge Magnets, WordSpin, Snap and the StoryStarter Fruit Machine.

Key Stage 3 Lesson Plans - instant lesson resources for 11-14 year olds, including complete schemes on diaries and letters and on The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine.

News on the Net - a sample ICT activity providing extensive worldwide links to news sites.

Web links and reviews - including links to sites for authors in the National Curriculum.

Language

Language acquisition - from the A Level section, Chomsky on how children learn language and a questionnaire for students to use.

Literature

Classic Poets - brief biographies of all 28 pre-twentieth century poets in the National Curriculum with fuller material on Chaucer and Christina Rossetti, including a very extensive collection of her poems.

Wilfred Owen - two units from this interactive section for AS and A Level students: web links on Owen and the First World War and a copy of Exposure, complete with hyperlinked glossary.

A Level revision page - guidance for students and some notes on Mansfield Park and The Rivals.

Literacy

How to write instructions - complete unit, with online quizzes and writing frames, as a sample of the extensive resources in this sction on writing skills.

Speaking and Listening

Links to a range of speaking and listening activities in English Online, including Actis Project Boxes - exciting simulations.

Media

Links to a number of media resources in English Online, including three sets of lesson plans.

Teachers' Centre

From the professional development section of English Online.

ICT help - five pages crammed with ideas and links, from basic skills to guidance on making the most of your ICT resources.

Extras

Project Boxes - exciting classroom simulations which are particularly appropriate to English classes.

English Online screensaver - see poetry come to life on your computer screen!

English Online Forums - read and contribute to our forum topics. New versions coming soon!