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CLICK HERE FOR MAIN MENU OR HERE FOR Preview Guide Menu OR SCROLL DOWN THE LONG THIN MENU BELOW OR SEARCH THE WHOLE WEBSITE HERE SOME FACTS & FIGURES ABOUT THIS WEBSITE TEACHERS: PLEASE SEND COMMENTS ....................................................... ABOUT HOMOPHONES 100 pairs of words that sound the same Added May 2006 A HISTORY OF HOMONYMS 50 Words with Multiple Meanings Added May 2006 THE STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Added April 2006 ANOTHER THING What was it? Is it still here? Added April 2006 BE AN EDITOR Check this passage! Added April 2006 ALL ABOUT ANIMALS Information and reference Added April 2006 PHILOSOPHICAL THINKING Extended April 2006
A BRIEF GUIDE TO SOME ELEMENTS OF
WRITING STYLE FOR SENIOR STUDENTS added March 2006 PLURALS OF FOREIGN WORDS Plural of foreign words in English added March 2006 HOW TO SPELL WORDS WITH IE OR EI IN THEM Added March 2006 FRACTAL THINKING Journey to Infinity An amazing new section added March 2006 FOUR INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES The teeth in my bottom are false WORD QUIZZES AND PUZZLES WordPower: Three more word quizzes added March 2006 Multiwords added March 2006 More Quizzes Three of a kind: Clothing, food, words with 'elp', oddments Six more puzzles Misfits, Odd One Out, Middle Meddles PLAYING WITH ANAGRAMS 76 anagram puzzles An introduction to Anagrams Brainbender 1: Sequential anagrams Brainbender 7: Sequential anagrams PICK A WORD THAT ISN'T A REAL WORD SEVEN BRAINBENDER WORD PUZZLES CROSSWORD PUZZLES Brainbender 6: 3 crossword puzzles based on 'REALISATION' TWO LARGE WORD PUZZLES The Great Big Enormous Word Feast Find 50 words from 9 letters The Huge Gigantic Word Symphony Another Find 50 words from 9 letters FOUR WORD PUZZLES FOR RUMMAGERS All sorts of puzzles for rummagers WRITING WITH A REVERSE ACRONYM CREATIVE SEEING — INTERPRET AND EXPLAIN PATTERNS FROM THE MANDELBROT FRACTAL TO INSPIRE CREATIVE THINKING The amazing Mandelbrot fractal A MINI-COURSE IN CREATIVE WRITING MORE ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING Words, feelings and expression Purple prose ... MORE ADVANCED GUIDANCE AND REFERENCE PAGES Extended March 2006 THE SEVEN WONDERS The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World TEAM THINKING WORDS IN HISTORY, HISTORY IN WORDS Only one rhinoceros: Will's wide word web Why does s look like f in old books? The First Folio of Shakespeare DRAGONS AND OTHER UNPEOPLE WORDS FROM THE ANCIENT PAST & ECHOES OF THE ANCIENT GODS PROVERBS AND SAYINGS A BIT OF NONSENSE FOR TEACHERS — REPRINTS OF SOME PUBLISHED PAPERS ........................................................ If you would like to see some of brian's personal photos, taken in several countries, click here Last edited on 11-Oct-2006
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Welcome to Brian Barratt's Homepagefor gifted and talent students& people with enquiring minds!
Have fun with A HUGE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, CREATIVITY & THINKING Rummage around — there’s a lot in here... ... word puzzles; quizzes; creative thinking; creative writing; anagrams; homophones & homonyms; crossword puzzles; weird pictures; Aesop's Fables; fractal thinking; an ET hamburger; weird creatures; the amazing Mandelbrot fractal; proverbs and sayings; dragons; the Unpeople behind the dark; curious words and spellings; 17th century books; The First Folio of Shakespeare; letters of the alphabet; potions and spells; written expression; the Seven Wonders of the World; thinking skills; nonsense verse; and much more. There's another website... The Brain Rummager Too is a supplement to this site. You can to go back through time and learn a lot more about the development of the English language. Please visit it when you have had a good rummage here. You'll find some surprises. Click here or type this URL in your browser’s search line: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~umbidas/open.htm Schools & educational websites round the world have linked to The Brain Rummager. Please add both sites to your Links and Bookmarks/Favourites! What other teachers have said about this website... 'Entertaining as well as educational.' 'A cornucopia of info, hints, tips.' 'Eclectic and fascinating.' 'A treasure house.' 'Amazing.'
Brian Barratt, whose funny face is above, has had half a century of professional experience with books and Education. He’s been a bookseller, editor, publisher, schoolbook writer, private tutor in English and thinking skills, class tutor in creative writing for adults, writing group leader in several schools, mentor to gifted students, judge of many writing competitions, and curriculum editor for Australian national Tournament of Minds... among other things. He is a moderately/severely hearing handicapped elderly gentleman who writes articles for educational journals; judges writing competitions; explores the history and usage of the English language; writes whimsical articles; researches and writes about his ancestors, including many in the Book Trade during the past 300 years, and an elusive Gypsy; listens to recordings of Enrico Caruso, John McCormack, Kathleen Ferrier and other great voices from the past; relishes Messiaen's Turangalîla Symphony and the music of the erhu; collects books, especially dictionaries; digs into the palaeopsychology of religious beliefs; rummages around in people’s minds; talks to dogs and birds, and to the possums that live in his shed. Since 1936 he’s lived and worked in four countries, in this order: England, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Australia. He's lived in a leafy eastern suburb of Melbourne since 1971, next to where the rich people live. His house is actually a library-museum-art gallery-wizard's lair. There's a sign which reads 'Persons not wishing to see worlds outside or inside themselves are gently advised to close their minds whilst in this place'.
SOME FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT THIS WEBSITE There are about 120 activity and information pages and about 370 working files. There are over 2,000 internal hyperlinks to help you move around. Wow! There are about 165 graphics. There are 20 external links to safe websites. There are links to The Brain Rummager on other educational websites in Australia, the USA and Britain. The Brain Rummager has been visited by people in about 80 countries. It is not possible to know who the visitors are. This site does not use cookies or spyware. There are no pop-ups or advertisements. This is a voluntary free service to schools, teachers and students, with no commercial interests. It is not possible to know where all the visitors come from, but of the 80% where the country is known: About half are in Australia. About 18% are in the USA About 9% are in the UK. Teachers, please send your comments on how you use this website. Substitute the usual punctuation in this address, which is formatted to stop spammers from picking it up: bbarratt(AT)alphalink (DOT)com(DOT)au
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First version created by Brian Barratt September 2002. This version April 2005. Additions May, June, July 2005, March, April, May 2006. Modifications July, October 2006
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