English Language Reviews

English Language Web Site Reviews

Subject: English Language     ID: 290
Title: World War 1 Poetry Seminars
Description: Students and teachers will find five online seminars dealing with World War I poetry available from this web site. As well as an introduction to World War I poetry, students can study Isaac Rosenberg's “Break of Day in the Trenches”, an introduction to manuscript study, an introduction to text analysis and a seminar dealing with comparative literature.
Rating: ********
Level: Ideal for year levels 11-12   On the web

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Subject: English Language     ID: 291
Title: Australian Authors
Description: Essentially this is a collection of Web links to Australian authors who have an online presence. The site also hosts some of the authors' favourite Australian poems.
Rating: *******
Level: Ideal for year levels 4-9   On the web

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Subject: English Language     ID: 292
Title: Modern Haiku
Description: This is an independent journal of haiku and haiku studies. This online magazine has a wide range of haiku available as well as essays on the development and the history of this poetry style.
Rating: *******
Level: Ideal for year levels 4-9   On the web

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Subject: English Language     ID: 293
Title: News Hour Extra
Description: Students will find here an excellent overview of news and views from around the world at a level that is appropriate for them. Teachers and students will find a wide range of lesson plans and resources that assist in getting a better understanding of the issues and events taking place around the world.
Rating: *******
Level: Ideal for year levels 4-9   On the web

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Subject: English Language     ID: 294
Title: Talking to George Orwell
Description: If students are studying the works of George Orwell they can come here and ask questions and leading experts will answer them in the manner they would expect George Orwell to answer them. This is an excellent service, and students can also check out the questions that other students have asked. Questions are categorised under the headings of his novels, non-fiction and journalism, his working life, his private life and the world of George Orwell.
Rating: *******
Level: Ideal for year levels 8-12   On the web

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Subject: English Language     ID: 295
Title: Deconstructing a Web Site
Description: In this site study students will investigate a web site on the theme “Weapons of Mass Destruction” and investigate how valid the contents of the site are using a collection of critical literacy skills. Excellent process.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for year levels 5-10   On the web

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Subject: English Language     ID: 296
Title: Lynley Dodd: Author
Description: Lynley Dodd is a well-known New Zealand author of children's books that have won awards and the hearts of children around the world. Students will find background information to the Hairy Mclary books, answers that Lynley has supplied to questions that she was asked as well as some fun quizzes.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for year levels 8-12   On the web

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Subject: English Language     ID: 297
Title: The Author Yellow Pages
Description: Author Yellow Pages is a searchable directory of author web sites. If you're looking for a particular author, whether historical or contemporary you will find them on this database. There is background information on their lives, works and publishers.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for all year levels   On the web

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Subject: English Language     ID: 298
Title: The Old Man & The Sea   
Description: In this excellent novel by Ernest Hemingway a Cuban fishermen struggles with a giant marlin (sunds very boring BUT  . . ).  The Webquest is based around this novel and requires students to view it from a variety of perspectives through the eyes of individual characters in the novel.
Rating: ***** 
Level: Ideal for year levels 6-12  On the web

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Subject: English Language     ID: 299
Title: 100 Words
Description: On this website, you will find 8000 chunks of 100 words, written by number of participants in a number of styles. Some are poems, some are stories, some diaries, some fiction and some, absolute nonsense . . . . . All are exactly 100 words in length. A gre
Rating: *****
Level: Ideal for year levels 6-12  On the web

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