Diary :

• Diary Writing Mat  (Rhian Walton) - (primaryresources.co.uk)

• How to write a diary entry (ddata.over-blog.com)

Stories / Fairy Tales :

• How to Write a Fairy Tale (ehow.com)

• Your Own Fairy Tale - interactive
  "Fill in the blanks in the form ..., and see your own fairytale..."
  (quest4camelot.com)

• Create a fairytale giant
  "Invent a fairytale giant, draw a picture of your giant and write a description using this activity sheet."
  (education.scholastic.co.uk)

• For the 6e5+9: writing a fairy tale with a document to help you
  (Virginie Gosset - Ac. Strasbourg)

  

• Squigly's Writing Corner - Story Builder
  "Have fun making your own stories using Squigly's story builder.
  Squigly and his friends have written some stories that you can personalize with your own words."
  (squiglysplayhouse.com)

  

• "Ecriture créative d'un conte" : niveau B2
  - à adapter ou s'en inspirer pour le collège
  (Ac. Martinique)

  

• Elements of a Story: A Hobbit's Journey by Nathan Tefft (teachertube.com) - UPDATED

  

• Story Openings - How to keep your reader reading on!
  (Primary Resources)

• Adjectives for Good Characters
  Click on ENGLISH:/ Text Level: Fiction: General (Fiction) Story Writing / Characters
  (Primary Resources)

  

• Adjectives for Bad Characters
  Click on ENGLISH:/ Text Level: Fiction: General (Fiction) Story Writing / Characters
  (Primary Resources)

  

• Character Movement
  Click on ENGLISH:/ Text Level: Fiction: General (Fiction) Story Writing / Characters
  (Primary Resources)

  

• Character Speech
  Click on ENGLISH:/ Text Level: Fiction: General (Fiction) Story Writing / Characters
  (Primary Resources)

  

• Useful Adjectives for Story Settings
  (Primary Resources)

• Writing a bilingual short story - un travail proposé par Céline Matus (Ac. Nancy-Metz)
  Objectif : faire écrire une nouvelle en langues anglaise et française à des élèves de 4ème section européenne anglais
  et les regrouper en un recueil qui sera distribué à chaque élève.
  Mode de travail : les élèves travaillent par groupe de trois.
  
  

• The Very Bad Horrible No Good Day
  "Have you ever had a bad hair day when everything seems to go wrong?
  Write about it as part of a class book and share your writing with the rest of the class."
  The task : "You will draw a picture about a bad day and write a story about your picture."
  (projects.edtech.sandi)

• Expression écrite : WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT - quelques idées (erp.oissel.onac)
  
  

• Storytelling (storyarts)
  - ex : Plot Structure Scenarios
  "Improvise a story that utilizes all the elements chosen." :
  Introduce characters / Setting : Environment - Time / Problem : in trouble / Inner Traits That Cause Original Trouble - Inner Traits That Aid Solution / Solution / Conclusion / End

• You be the author! (library.thinkquest)
  "...Get started on the path to mystery writing.
  We will supply you with vocabulary about mysteries, story starters that will get you started on your own masterpiece-to-be, and get you to use newspaper prompts."

• Story to create (planning.org)
  "How would you get people to come to a town with a name like Dead Skunk Junction?
  Help this crazy town's Chamber of Commerce describe what makes this town an interesting place to visit and live in.
  Fill in the categories with your own words.
  Then click the "Create Story" button and your words will be inserted into the story."
  
  
  
  

• Storytelling - Proverbs - Wisdom Tales Without the Plot (storyarts)
  " Have students choose a familiar proverb and develop a story that can surround and carry that thought.
  Multicultural proverbs offer interesting insights into the universality of wisdom.
  The following are some selected proverbs from Wisdom Tales From Around the World by Heather Forest, August House Publishers."

• "Making Jigsaw Activities Using Newspaper Articles" (iteslj)

Film reviews :

• How to write a movie/film review - Vocabulary
  (eslflow.com)

  

• How to write a film review (xtec.es)
  
  

Books :

• Promise cards (billybear4kids) :
  Clean Bed Room | Dust | Help in Garden | Make Bed | Milk Cows | Mow Grass | Pump Gas | Rake Leaves | Trash | Vacuum | Walk Dog | Wash Car | Wash Dishes | Water Plants

• Chores booklet (billybear4kids) :
  "This is a fun way to help you keep track of what you do around the house to help out"
  
  
  

• All About Me
  "Your task is to create a time line of activities about yourself.
  Every month you will add things of interest to your log.
  The result will be a collection of memories compiled in a book of activities." (dès la 5ème)
  Dans "The Process", cliquer sur "All about me".
  (projects.edtech.sandi)

Book reviews :

• Book Review Sheet (4 pages)
  Click on ENGLISH: / Other Resources : Book Ideas & Activities / General Activities
  (Primary Resources)

  

• Book Report Form - Fact Finding Sheet
  (starteaching.com)

  

• How to write a book review (writing-world.com)
  
  

Cover letters :

• How to write a cover letter (YouTube)
  "A cover letter is a document sent with your resume to provide additional information on your skills and experience."
  (jobsearch.about.com)
  "Cover letters are generally one page at most in length, divided into a header, introduction, body, and closing." (answers.com)

Poems :

• SAVOIR COMMENTER UN POÈME (erp.oissel.onac)
  Distinguer la structure de surface et la structure profonde du poème
  Distinguer les éléments qui composent le poème
  Utiliser un vocabulaire approprié
  - Vocabulaire pour expliquer la composition du poème
  - Vocabulaire pour expliquer la structure profonde
  - Vocabulaire pour identifier les types de poèmes

• People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling
  Poetry - Fiction - Bag of tricks (darkwing.uoregon.edu)

• Bio Poem Handout - "Getting to know each other through a poetry writing activity." (teachervision)

• Students write an eight-line autobiographical poem.(consignes très précises) - (educationworld)

• A Valentine poem to create (eduplace.com)

• voir les pages de VOCABULAIRE

Pictures :

• see Descriptions

• Image Detective
  "Read an image closely. Think critically about turn of the century America....
  Use this exercise to build students' skills in analyzing historical documents...
  Choose a picture to start :
  Immigration / Growing Cities / Industrialization / The West / Leisure and Amusement / Progressive Reform / Women and Suffrage / Children / World War I
  Method :
  Pose a question - Gather clues - Get background info - Draw a conclusion - See what others think
  (edc.org)
  
  

• Description d'un document iconographique. - 80 exercices interactifs (Yvan Baptiste)
  Nature du document
  Description du document
  Les émotions des personnages
  L'implicite
  Mes réactions
  Pour boucher les trous ...
  Fiche papier récapitulative (PDF)

• Picture Description - with Useful Words and Phrases for Picture Descriptions (ego4u.com)
  
  
  
• Writing Topic "Show us a picture: Describe what it means to you" (homestead.com)

• A Seaside Postcard - Use speech bubbles and thought clouds. - to print (crick.northants.sch.uk)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• ENGLISH WORDS WITH PICTURES (erp.oissel.onac)
  1. Quel est le mot placé à droite qui désigne le mieux l'image placée à gauche?
  2. Quel est l'article signifiant "un" ou "une" que l'on doit placer ...
  3. Questions culturelles
  
  

• Savoir se repérer dans une image (erp.oissel.onac)
  
  

• SAVOIR PRESENTER UNE IMAGE (erp.oissel.onac)
  Distinguer la structure de surface et la structure profonde de l'image
  Distinguer les différents types d'images
  Utiliser un vocabulaire approprié :
  - Vocabulaire pour se repérer dans une image
  - Vocabulaire por décrire les éléments de l'image les uns par rapport aux autres
  - Vocabulaire pour identifier le type de scène
  - Vocabulaire pour identifier les types de plans
  - Vocabulaire de la BD
  - Vocabulaire pour expliquer une image publicitaire
  - Vocabulaire pour expliquer une photo ou un tableau

• Treasure Map(educationworld)
  "Find the treasure by following the right path.
  Then, write directions of exactly how to get there.
  Use appropriate sequential words." (Ces mots sont donnés.)

Cartoons :

• ... and that's how I spent my summer vacation (Young Stephen King)
  (cartoonstock.com)

  

• Cartoon Analysis Worksheet
  (archives.gov)

Discussions / Dialogues :

• Wreck-It Ralph: Dialog Writing - a lesson plan
  "This animated movie is innovative and highly creative. It is great to see animation based on video games characters we all know - most students do!"
  (moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.fr)

• Writer's Workshop : Weighing an Argument / Building an Argument / Refuting an Argument
  (bogglesworldesl.com)

  

• Is it Better to Live in a City or Not? - Writing an essay (aide à chaque étape)
  (tesoltasks.com - Frankie Meehan)

Spelling :

• See SMS

• Road markers misspell 'No Entry' sign
  "The workmen wrote 'No Entrt' on a one-way street in the West Midlands and were ordered to repaint the error much to the amusement of locals."
  (telegraph.co.uk)

• Spelling Activity: Funny Signs - Spot The Mistakes - a lesson plan - Pre-Intermediate
  + Work-Related Spelling Tests and Quizzes
  (esolcourses.blogspot.com)

  

• TEXTING : - UPDATED
  
  

• A History of English Spelling
  
  

• Spelling Games - interactive (surfnetkids.com)

• Look, say, cover, write and check game (BBC) -
  "You can click on the topic of your choice...
  Look at the word, say it to yourself, then cover it up and see if you can type it."
  
  

• Garage or Garbage ? (cartoonstock.com)
  
  
  

Writing a CV :

• CV/Resume - Top 20 words (englishclub.com)

• Write a British-style CV :
  Vocabulary - Design - Example CV - Covering letter - Example covering letter - Sending your application...
  (ukstudentlife)
  
  

• How to write a CV (englishonline)

• CV, Resume and Cover Letter Writing (about.com)
  "Job applications, resume, curriculum vitae and cover letter writing tips, sample resumes, sample cover letters, thank you letters, references, and more job search correspondence help and advice."

• see CV

Evaluations :

• Essay Evaluation Form (iteslj.org)

• voir la page EVALUATION

Videos :

• The Power of Words (YouTube)
  - "a great video to get students to think more carefully about their writing." (Larry Ferlazzo)