Literature+websites

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===The BBC and British Council have a website that has materials on teaching literature: [|http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk]=== === The British Council has a page on the arts in general with literature links: [] === ===Revision materials for GCSE and A-levels, including hints and tips for passing exams[| http://www.s-cool.co.uk/]=== ===// Guardian // and //Observer// online information about books and authors: [|www.guardian.co.uk/books] === === A BBC website about the art and practice of literary translation: [|www.literarytranslation.com] === === Literary Resources on the internet: [|http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit] === === Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century English Literature: [|http://www.luminarium.org] === ===Penguin graded readers has worksheets for teachers and students: [|www.penguinreaders.com] === === OUP bookworms idea for reading circles: [] === ===Bibliomania: Free Online Literature with more than 2000 Classic Texts: [|http://www.bibliomania.com]===

Spark Notes provides summaries and notes on studying literature:http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/
=**SHORT STORY WEBSITES**= === Roald Dhal short story worksheets: [|http://www. roalddahlfans.com/teachers.php] === === Bibliomania: 700 complete short stories [] === === Classic short stories – complete texts: [|http://www.short-stories.co.uk] ===

Collection of short stories you can access: []
=== For a comprehensive list of over 250 English short stories and novels to read with pupils in class, plus vocabulary lists and ideas on how to use them, see: [|http://www.learn-line.de] ===

EFL/ESL short stories for Intermediate level learners of English: http://www.eslfast.com/
=**POETRY**= ===A brilliant website which has recordings of all the poems read by the original authors! Go to Poetry Archive: []===

The Academy of American Poets: __[|www.poets.org]__
=== Bloodaxe Books (poems/info/titles/authors/book orders): [|http://www.bloodaxebooks.com] ===

Representative Poetry-on-Line: []
=== The Poetry Society, Poems on the Underground: [] ===

Poetry Library: []
=== For examples of essays on Sylvia Plath’s poems, go to: [] ===

Maya Angelou reading "Still I Rise" - the best version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qviM_GnJbOM
=**Shakespeare**=

Teaching Iambic Pentameter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qv-sjQHgZ8
=**Youtube materials**=

Symptoms by Sophie Hannah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxRpwW9khNo
=**Inspirational videos**=

Award winning short film: The Present: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-jTMQpmJgU
=** PODCASTS **=

For spoken summaries of literary texts, go to: [|www.notepods.com]
=**Publisher websites** = **Nelson Thornes http://www.nelsonthornes.com/aqagcse/** **Pearson: http://www.pearsonIS.com/EdexcelIGCSE**

Hodder Education: http://www.hoddereducation.com/Home.aspx
=**RECOMMENDED FILMS OF BOOKS**=

The Go-Between (1971, Directed by Joseph Losey) (Film opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BD1rAzJgzI)
=**READING CIRCLES - Oxford University Press**=

[[file:Reading Circle photocopiable.pdf]]
=== If you come across any useful sites for literature, please contact me at: grahamworkman@aol.com === = =