Website review - The Teaching Library

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Today I would like to point you to a fascinating reading website: <a href="http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/">http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/</a>. <br /><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="135"><br /></div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="135">This is a site where teachers can find books to read to their class as well as some free lesson ideas on the books listed on the site. Each book has a list of activities spanning a few subjects. I came across this site through <a href="http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/">Technology Tidbits</a>.</div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="174"></div><br /><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="250">This post is actually going to be taken verbatim out of the teaching library website so that you can see its potential. It is taken from the page: <a closure_uid_5ucf2e="249" href="http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/book/the-true-story-of-the-three-little-pigs/">http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/book/the-true-story-of-the-three-little-pigs/</a> (The books are linked to Amazon.com). What fascinated me about this page is the idea of telling a story from a different character’s point of view</div><div></div><br /><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="140"><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="254"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>The true story of the three little pigs</strong></span></div></div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="186"><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="292"><em><span closure_uid_5ucf2e="291" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Author:</span> <span style="color: blue;">Jon Scieszka</span></span></em></div></div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="190"><br /><div class="separator" closure_uid_5ucf2e="248" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP7OMLAP7MWZlu86f-2lIeG9_y1eMQtXLpLPodnwwStl6FALy55TVaJkKOCOOyG4MS2yYeOPM-5PNkPTQfRwA-UbyQTiM1WC0sNB3etl9iV5_3gIWageA82Jy20yjhK7l8Owb0C88oCY/s1600/3+little+pigs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP7OMLAP7MWZlu86f-2lIeG9_y1eMQtXLpLPodnwwStl6FALy55TVaJkKOCOOyG4MS2yYeOPM-5PNkPTQfRwA-UbyQTiM1WC0sNB3etl9iV5_3gIWageA82Jy20yjhK7l8Owb0C88oCY/s400/3+little+pigs.JPG" width="315" xaa="true" /></a></div><br /><br /><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="255"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0140540563/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=teachinglibrary-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0140540563">BUY THIS BOOK</a></span></div></div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="197"><br /><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="290"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Book Description…</strong></span></div></div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="141"><br /></div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="142">"You may think you know the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf – but only one person knows the real story, and that person is A. T. Wolf. His tale starts with a birthday cake for his dear old granny, a bad head cold and a bad reputation. The rest (as they say) is history.</div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="143"><br /></div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="143"><span closure_uid_5ucf2e="201" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Teaching Ideas</strong></span>…</div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="144"><br /></div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="144"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Literacy</u></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Write another well know story from a different character’s point of view… Could you write Peter Pan from Captain Hook’s point of view… or the Three Billy Goat’s Gruff from the Troll’s point of view</li><li closure_uid_5ucf2e="154">Alexander T. Wolf became know as the Big Bad Wolf. Can you write a story which explains how he got this nickname? Did he do something big and bad, or was somebody trying to get him into trouble?</li><li><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="147">Write the recipe that the wolf used for his granny’s birthday cake.</div></li><li><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="148">Write the newspaper article which reports on the Wolf’s activities that day.</div></li><li closure_uid_5ucf2e="153">The wolf complains about being ‘framed’. Can you explain what this means? Could you write a story about another bad character who was ‘framed’ and didn’t really do the bad things that they are well known for?</li><li><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="152">Compare this version of the story with this cartoon video:</div></li></ul><br /><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="173"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/e4Lx5Bmpojw" width="420"></iframe></div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="159"><em>The Big Bad Wolf - A silly Symphony made by the Walt Disney Studio</em></div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="158"><br /></div><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="158"><span closure_uid_5ucf2e="202" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u closure_uid_5ucf2e="203">Science</u></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="160"><div closure_uid_4rnjsv="115">Explore the types of food that different animals eat. This could lead on to discussions about food chains and habitats.</div></div></li><li><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="161">Think about different materials. Which would be the best to build a house with? Could you design an experiment which tests the strength / ‘huff and puff’ (wind) resistance of different materials?</div></li><li>Why might the wolf have a sneezing cold? Explore how he can keep himself fit and healthy in future.</li></ul><div closure_uid_5ucf2e="162"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Life Orientation</u></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li closure_uid_5ucf2e="163">The pigs are very rude to Alexander. Can you think of reasons why this might be? How should they have behaved?</li><li closure_uid_5ucf2e="164">The wolf gets very angry at the end of the story. What strategies could he have used to control his anger?"</li></ul><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some of the other books</span></b>...<br /><div></div><br /><a href="http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/book/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory">http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/book/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory</a>/ (Raold Dahl)</div><div><a href="http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/book/the-twits">http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/book/the-twits</a>/  (Raold Dahl)</div><div><a href="http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/book/double-act/">http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/book/double-act/</a> (Jacqueline Wilson)</div><div><a href="http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/book/owl-babies">http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/book/owl-babies</a>/ (Martin Waddell)</div></div><div><br /></div>If you are a Language teacher I think you will enjoy looking around this site. <br /><div></div></div>

Literacy Reading Website review Website review - The Teaching Library

Today I would like to point you to a fascinating reading website: http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/. This is a site where teachers can find books to read to their class as well as some free lesson ideas on the books listed on the site. Each book has …

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