Descriptosaurus: Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8–14

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This book is a great way for children to develop their creative writing skills and general writing. Descriptosaurus is the first book for creative writing that is a thematic expansion of a dictionary and a thesaurus. It provides children with a comprehensive resource with which to expand their descriptive vocabulary, experiment with language and sentence structure and build up narratives based around the following areas: You might like this Journey into Space Word Mat too. It's full of even more science-fiction vocabulary for KS2!

Now in a fully updated third edition, Descriptosaurus is the first book for creative writing that is a thematic expansion of a dictionary and a thesaurus; it provides children with a comprehensive resource with which to expand their descriptive vocabulary, experiment with language and sentence structure and build up narratives based around settings, characters and creatures.This handbook is suitable for Key Stage 2 and 3 pupils and features lots of ideas for incorporating the task into class time including:

The word mat also includes examples of effective phrases which use the vocabulary listed on the word mat. Seeing the words in context will help to develop your pupils' understanding and widen their vocabulary pool even further. Why not challenge your pupils to write sentences using a word from each of the columns? Wow! What an amazing book!! Wish I had found this earlier. Excellent vocabulary used that pupils can use within their writing to take them to the next level!! A must for every teacher 👍🏻 This free guide shows how the explicit teaching of vocabulary can be done within the context of a writing task. It will help younger pupils become enthusiastic and confident writers - willing and able to participate fully in the writing process as they move onto the next stageOr, why not create a brilliant display all about the science-fiction genre? The word mat would look fantastic on display on your classroom wall and will help to create a positive and welcoming learning environment. You can this resource as an independent writing prompt during an English or creative writing lesson. Having the word mat on hand provides children with lots of inspiration for their writing. They can use ambitious adjectives to describe futuristic settings and learn new and more powerful verbs too.