General literacy resources

Digital Storytelling
A host of ideas to get digital storytelling going in the classroom. An excellent resource.
English Links
An excellent compilation of sites on a range of English topics
English Revisewise
The site designed to help 11 year old UK children study for their SATS tests - excellent quality interactives and printables.
Literacy Matters
A resource for literacy with lesson plans, interactive activities and different approaches to teaching literacy
TeachIt's Library
A huge site of downloadable English resources (PDF files)
ReadWriteThink A fabulous site with resources to get children into literacy. It has 43 interactive activities on the site as well as lesson plans and links to a host of other great sites.
Scholastic Teacher Home
Free interactives, lesson plans and resources for teaching English in the classroom
StoryIT
Writing prompts, share stories, alphabet resources, rhymes to print, online poems, nursery rhymes and aesop's fables.
History of the English language
A brief explanation from Word Central.