Amphibiolies – Syntactically ambiguous sentences

Amphibiolies – Syntactically ambiguous sentences 20/09/2011 – “Amphibolies are syntactically ambiguous, meaning you can read them in more than one way. “

Shop Horror – Funny Shop Names

Shop Horror – Funny Shop Names 9/9/2009 – Amusing collection of photographs of shop signs that use puns. Almost safe for school, depending on parental attitudes to risque phrases, e.g. the opticians called “Spex Appeal”.

Really Bad Jokes

Really Bad Jokes 22/10/2008 – Not, as far as I have seen, bad taste – just plain daft. Could be useful for looking at word play.

Write rhymes.com – find ryhmes for any word

Write rhymes.com – find ryhmes for any word 13/7/08 – Simply type a word and alt-click on it for a list of rhyming words, ordered by number of syllables. Nothing for “orange” or “purple” though!

Create multimedia responses to poetry

The BBC Blast Poetry site is a great way of respoinding to some classic poems and using multimedia tools.  Suitable for older KS2 children, the site can be used to add a range of clips and text to spoken poems by well-known poets.

Basic Introduction to Haiku

Basic Introduction to Haiku 31/5/08 – Fine as a starting point, with some good examples of animal Haikus.

Questions to ask misbehaving children, Fiction Resources, Poetry

Questions to ask and engage with misbehaving pupils Annotated tags: behaviour As an alternative to punishment or nagging, a parent/teacher can have the following dialog with a misbehaving child/student: Teacher: Do you know why you misbehave (break the classroom rules, roam around the room, etc.)? Student: No. Teacher: I would like to tell you what [...]

Wacky Web Tales

Wacky Web Tales – Create your own stories and poems using these amusing and dynamic templates. Very good for consolidating teaching on different categories of words and phrases.