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=**Welcome 2010**= College Herald Writing ( April 2010) Enter now. Go to www.collegeherald.co.nz Win fabulous prizes. New theme for every week. Reminder to let your English teacher know if you enter a piece online.

Visit this site on Top New Zealand Children's Books. [|**//Top Books//**]
 * Year 7 & 8**

Visit these fun sites.
 * Year 7-10**

[|Grammar Bytes!]

[|Grammar Gorilla]


 * Seniors:** Visit these sites.

[|Take your Pick Grammar]

[|Learning Adventure!]

As in all access to the Internet you will need to make sure your own home computer has good update to date virus protection. Similarly it is up to individual households to maintain their own "Watchdog" system in terms of what is " appropriate in content".

[] This takes you to a list of links to “texts” online. Aim to read published authors and award winners linked to your interests. This site would be more appropriate to senior readers.

Glogster is accessed by all ages and all types of people. Used with guidance it is a fantastic tool to support learning. [] You will need to register. You must be thirteen years of age. Do not just illustrate it but rather try to convey the ideas of the text in a visual and aural form. Think carefully about developing your Static Image skills, especially NCEA Level 1. Try a search and look at //Pride and Prejudice// or //Harry Potter.// Tell Ms. Mead once you have created a poster.
 * Literature Posters ( 13 years old and above)**
 * Try creating a Glogster Poster on a text you have studied this year.**

Wide Reading
Here is a link to a fantastic educators' book club - online! []. This is described as "a place for parents, teachers, administrators, professors, and students to meet, talk, and share books about education: the art and craft of teaching, learning, and classroom management". The book currently being read is: The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman. Even if you haven't read the book, the discussion and review forums are highly stimulating. You can read chapter 1 on Amazon at [].

Continue working on this task. If you cannot visit a library and have not taken out a book from school then access books through online sites.
 * 8808 Task ( Yr. 11 2010)**

Read two extended texts ( novel, biography, autobiography, non fiction) Try to read one award winning text and one with a cultural perspective. Write a detailed response on each one. Each response should be on a desperate page with all the details of the text included.


 * 12905 Tasks ( Yr. 12/ 13 2010)**

Read four extended texts ( novel, biography, autobiography, non fiction) Some possible links to help you.

[|New Zealand/ Cultural Focus]

[|NZ Book Council]

[|Acclaimed Books]

[|Classic Literature]

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