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Syllabus and Government Resources

• Years 1 - 10 English: Syllabus and Support Materials -- Queensland Studies Authority
  • Resource Links
  • The current syllabus is shelved at R 375 QUE and consists of six volumes
  • The syllabuses for Senior English are shelved at TSV R 375, also see:
  • English and English Extension (Literature).
• English Key Learning Area Education Queensland
• Literacy and Numeracy, Education Queensland
• Reading Recovery Information from Education Queensland
• K - 6 English Board of Studies, New South Wales. The syllabus can be downloaded and other information is available.
• English KLA from Victoria's Curriculum and Standards Framework
• Victoria: P-10 Curriculum and Standards: English
• English Focus from SOFWeb. Information, resources and ideas for English teachers.
• VCE English Language
• English Learning Area Tasmanian website designed as the core resource for teachers of English
• Young Australians Reading: from keen to reluctant readers National research report on the reading experience of 10-18 year olds.

• English Language Arts Resources from a Canadian site, Saskatchewan Learning

General Resources

• Children's Literature Resources
• Collins Cobuild Home Page
  Information on Cobuild English reference works
• Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication: Web Resources Website of the former ERIC Clearinghouse
• Folklore, Myth and Legend links
• Grammar
  • Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
  • Elements of Style by William Strunk. On-line version of the classic English Composition reference text.
  • On line English Grammar: Everything you need or want to know about the English Language, with resources for foreigners, students and teachers
  • Traditional Grammar: An Interactive Book
• Letters, Letter-writing and Other Intimate Discourse
• Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children Text of a book published by the US National Research Council
• STELLA: Standards for Teachers of English Language and Literacy in Australia
  Three-year research project funded by the Australian Research Council. The site presents a "set of interactive materials that provide a detailed picture of accomplished English/Literacy teaching in Australia".
• THRASS: Teaching Handwriting Reading and Spelling Skills

Teaching Resources

• English Links to BBC resources
• English Online
  Professional development resource for English teachers developed in New Zealand
• Instructional Strategies
  • English Learning Area: Teaching Strategies from TasEd
  • Glossary of Instructional Strategies
  • Instructional Strategies for Kindergarten and the Primary Grades
    Chapter 6 of the online book Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
  • Reading Comprehension Instructional Strategies - Elementary Level
    Also Secondary Level
  • MyRead: Strategies for teaching reading in the middle years
    MyRead is a project of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) and the Australian Literacy Educators Association (ALEA), funded by DEST.
• Language Arts resources on Canada's SchoolNet
• Learning Resource Information for Parents and Teachers
  Practical ideas for reading, writing and spelling
• MacquarieNet. Look for the free dictionary. Some resources require a subscription.
• Newspapers in Education
  • Interactive News for Kids
    Author, produce and publish your own online news publication.
  • New York Times Learning Network Provides background information on news stories, lesson plans and classroom activities, and links to related resources.
  • NewsRound BBC website of news for and about children
• Phonics and Whole Language
  • Phonics Online: A Course of Phonics Instruction
    from the Clearinghouse on Reading, English & Communication
  • Phonics vs Whole Language: The Never-Ending Debate Article by Kerry Cassidy, University of Sydney
  • Whole Language vs. Phonetic Reading Instruction
  • The Reading Wars The debate between proponents of reliance on phonics and supporters of the whole language approach
  • Words and Pictures BBC Education site with games and activities to teach phonics
• Poetry Links
  • Poetry for Children Resources from the US Internet School Library Media Center
  • The Poetry Zone Children's own poems and teaching resources
  • PoetryTeachers.com
• Reading Pathfinder "How to help children become competent readers."
• Secondary English Resources Page Compiled by a Queensland teacher
• Spelling
  • Spelling: resource list and introduction [Curriculum Exchange password required]
    Education Queensland website which provides information on a range of high quality resources that support the topic Spelling across the curriculum.
• Storytelling
  • The Art of Storytelling U.S. site which includes Effective Storytelling: A manual for beginners
  • Australian Storytelling Homepage of the Australian Storytelling Guild
  • Society for Storytelling
  • Story Arts Online
  • Storytelling in Australia
  • StoryNet U.S. National Storytelling Network
• Virtual Presentation Assistant Online tutorial for improving public speaking skills.
• William Shakespeare Homepage

Organisations

• ALEA: Australian Literacy Educators' Association
• AATE: Australian Association for the Teaching of English
• ETAQ: English Teachers Association of Queensland
• ETANSW: English Teachers' Association of New South Wales
  Web site includes lesson ideas and contents of issues of Metaphor, the journal of The English Teachers' Association of NSW.
• ETAWA: English Teachers Association of Western Australia
• National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia
• PETA: Primary English Teaching Association
• SAETA: South Australian English Teachers Association
• VATE: Victorian Association for the Teaching of English

• Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication [formerly ERIC/REC]
• International Federation for the Teaching of English
• National Association for the Teaching of English (U.K.) Includes forums, details of publications, and an issues section with papers on various topics K - 12.
• National Council for Teachers of English (U.S.)
• National Literacy Trust (U.K.)
• New Zealand Association for the Teaching of English. The web site includes position papers, the current newsletter and English Online, a professional development resource for New Zealand primary and secondary teachers.
• Reading Recovery Council of North America