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Internet resources
BBC Virtual Revolution - History of the Web - watch it! (BBC2 Sat 21.15 or iplayer (click on these links!))
Remember to keep a record of all your sources of information (English, Science, History, ICT etc.) - especially from the internet. Copy (click once, then copy) the 'URL' (internet address) then Paste this address into your work, list of sources, or bibliography.
More to be added here soon. If YOU come across some really good sources of information for your English work (Literature, Poetry, Authors, Language/Grammar etc.), let your English teacher or Ms. Wright know so that we can add it here!
To get started, here are some links for English (some you can also find on the Library page - they will open here in a new window): Dictionaries GCSE/KS4 Language/Literature General Poetry (WWI) Shakespeare
(There's also a pretty version of SOME of these links WITH A FEW MORE here:)
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| http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/ | GCSE revision Guides |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/ | BBC GCSE bytesize English |
| http://www.encompassculture.com/ Well worth a visit! | Encompass Global Book Club from the British Council. Book recommendations for all ages. |
| http://www.encompassculture.com/readerinresidence/quiz/ | Try these many QUIZZES from the above |
| http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors | Important Living writers (British Council site). |
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Useful as a source of classic and early 20thC texts and poems in electronic format - which can be searched or manipulated. |
Ignore the ads! DO NOT ignore their copyright notice. DO NOT attempt to use their work as if it were your own, you will be found out - but you are not going to do it anyway are you? |
| http://www.canterburytales.org | Not for the little ones amongst you. |
| http://www.thegreatbooks.org/ | Electronic Literature Foundation - another source of pre-20thC electronic texts. |
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http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/ 30,000 electronic books online. |
Project Gutenberg - another source of pre-20thC electronic texts. |
| http://www.tuition.com.hk/english/english-resources.htm | EAL/ESL resources and links from ITS Hong Kong - may be useful for teachers. |
Dictionaries online: (^Back to Top) |
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| http://www.dictionary.com | Not recommended (because of the ads). Try instead: |
| http://en.wiktionary.org/ | Dictionary equivalent of Wikipedia - so, yes, there might be mistakes |
| http://www.merriam-webster.com/ | So check with this - BUT - BOTH are AMERICAN spellings - So... |
| http://dictionary.cambridge.org/Default.asp?dict=L | Try this Cambridge Dictionary - try misspellings too! |
| http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/?view=uk | Possibly the best choice - type word in 'Headword' (The 'Cambridge' is better if you're a bad speller or want to check a spelling you're really unsure of.) |
| www.chambersharrap.co.uk/search | Chambers Dictionary - as for Oxford. |
| http://g.msn.co.uk/0ENUKMSN/EncartaDictionary | MSN Encarta World English Dictionary |
| http://www.oxfordreference.com/views /GLOBAL.html?&authstatuscode=202 | Oxford reference via Hillingdongrid - works from school only. |
GCSE and other sites: |
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| http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/ | BBC GCSE bytesize English |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/ | BBC GCSE bytesize English Literature - Fiction, Poetry |
| http://www.gcse.com | GCSE site - mainly grammar, rather basic and limited. Your English teacher has much better ideas and resources. |
| http://www.luminarium.org | Early literature (Chaucer to 19C; some modern; Irish Literature) |
| http://www.teachit.co.uk | This one's for teachers. Don't look - Who knows what you might find! |
Shakespeare: (^Back to Top) |
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| http://www.shakespeare.org.uk | The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| http://www.william-shakespeare.info/index.htm | A very well organised site, but American spelling |
| http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/ | Maybe the best? Read the introduction. |
| http://www.touchstone.bham.ac.uk/performance.html | Current and Forthcoming Shakespeare Productions in the UK |
| http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/ | The Shakespeare Globe Trust - New Globe Theatre in London |
| http://shakespeareauthorship.com/ | Dedicated to the Proposition that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare - interesting use of argument and evidence over controversy; use of hypertext; links to 'Bard' at end of Contents |
| http://www.shakespeare-online.com/ | Shakespeare Online |
Poetry: (^Back to Top) |
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| http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/default.htm | Andrew Moore's English resources, now at teachit |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/poemscult/ | For Poems from different cultures KS4 anthology |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/ | Scroll down this link for other poetry in the anthology |
| http://www.poemhunter.com/ | A good American source for many poets and poems |
| http://oldpoetry.com/ | Source for older poems out of copyright |
| http://allpoetry.com/ | Yet amnother general source of poems. |
| http://www.poets.org/ | Another general source |
| Simon Armitage at Contemporary writers.com | |
| http://www.simonarmitage.com/ | Simon Armitage's own website |
| http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/anthology/simonarmitage.htm | Andrew Moore on Simon Armitage (all poems) |
| http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/anthology/seamusheaney.htm | Andrew Moore on Seamus Heaney |
| http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/anthology/gillianclarke.htm | Andrew Moore on Gillian Clarke |
| http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/anthology/carolannduffy.htm | Andrew Moore on Carol Ann Duffy |
| http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/poetry/duffy.htm | Teachit Study Guide for Carol Ann Duffy (AM old) |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Ann_Duffy | Carol Ann Duffy on Wikipedia - useful up-to-date |
| http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors | Important Living writers (British Council site). |
| Podcastrevision.co.uk | Useful podcasts for GCSE revision - site link |
| http://www.podcastrevision.co.uk/podcasts.html | Useful podcasts for GCSE revision |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/poemscult/ | Poems from different cultures |
| http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/ | Poets' Graves - all about poetry, poets and much more - as long as they're dead! Macabre? Gruesome? Or well worth a visit? Have a look! |
| http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/23/keats-house-funding | Controversy about money and writers, dead or alive. |
| http://www.deadgoodpoetssociety.co.uk/ | One good dead poets society deserves another? |
| http://net.lib.byu.edu/english/wwi/poets/poets.html | Poets of the Great War - from Brigham Young University - see next |
| http://net.lib.byu.edu/english/wwi/ | Writers and Literature of the Great War. |
| http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/loos_maps.htm | Maps of WWI battlefields |
| http://www.greatwar.nl/index.html | Beware opinions on this amateur site but excellent WW1 source, especially the photos. The site is clearly 'anti-war'. |
| http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/ | First World War Poetry Digital Archive from Oxford University computing services. Perhaps THE best site on WWI for both literature and history. |
| http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/education | Default video on above site in Education section - Indian Troops, including 47th Sikhs, at the front 1916. |
| 4 page list of WWI poetry links in Word format (GNSSS) | Useful for History too - Staff and Vith Form |
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