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Descriptosaurus: Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8–14
(9781138093027) - Dimensions: 298 x 210 mm - Edition: 3rd New edition - Height: 218 mm - Spine width: 24 mm - Width: 305 mm - Routledge - Taylor & Francis Ltd - ISBN: 9781138093027 - Number of pages: 302 | Creative writing
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Descriptosaurus is a comprehensive resource designed to help children aged 8-14 expand their descriptive vocabulary, experiment with language and sentence structure, and build up narratives based around settings, characters, and creatures. It is the first book for creative writing that combines elements of a dictionary and a thesaurus, providing thematic expansions of words and phrases to help children enhance their writing skills.
The book presents each word in context, examining its meaning and expanding it into phrases before providing alternatives in words, phrases, and sentences. The model was developed over several years based on feedback from children inside and outside the classroom, making it a highly effective tool for inspiring and assisting young writers.
For those struggling with writer's block or reluctant to write, Descriptosaurus provides essential starting points to encourage them to start writing. It not only inspires children but also helps build their confidence by teaching them how to use, apply, and create using correct grammatical structures. The book includes word banks and model sentences that provide a step-by-step process for developing vocabulary and understanding phrase, clause, and sentence structure.
In addition, Descriptosaurus offers contextualized grammar and punctuation instruction and guidance, as well as units of work where the models can be incorporated in a creative focus. The book also comes with a companion website containing all the features of the book, games, planning sheets, and vocabulary builders.
Overall, Descriptosaurus is an ideal resource for KS2 primary and KS3 secondary English teachers, literacy coordinators, and parents to dramatically improve children's creative writing skills. It would also make an excellent classroom book for PGCE students, particularly those with a focus on Primary English specialism.
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| ISBN | 1138093025 |
| ID | 4763257 |
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298 x 210 mm |
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3rd New edition |
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218 mm |
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Routledge |
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9781138093027 |
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English |
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302 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd |
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24 mm |
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1086 g |
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305 mm |
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