Descriptosaurus: Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8–14

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This is an ideal resource for all KS2 primary and KS3 secondary English teachers, literacy coordinators and parents keen to support their childrens’ creative writing. It would also make an excellent classroom book for PGCEstudents, particularly Primary PGCE with English specialism. You could also use this word mat alongside this comprehensive KS2 Sci-fi Story Writing Resource Pack.

It is a resource that helps expand descriptive vocabulary in narratives based around the following areas: Settings, Characters And Creatures. Our Descriptosaurus Time Machine competition provides pupils with a great opportunity for to expand and experiment with descriptive language, develop their ability to add more depth and colour to their writing. I'd use it to support writing, perhaps starting with a shared piece and looking at different ways to set the scene or describe a character.Focusing on how to describe a spaceship, it features a whole host of out-of-this-world vocabulary that your pupils can learn and use in their own writing. Descriptosaurus positions the word, zooms in on it to examine the meaning, expands it into phrases, and then provides alternatives in words, phrases and sentences. Descriptosaurus positions the word, zooms in on it to examine the meaning, expands it into phrases, and then provides alternatives in words, phrases and sentences; the model was created and refined over a number of years as a result of feedback from children inside and outside the classroom as to the resources they required to inspire and assist them with their writing.

After reading it teachers will understand each of the 12 steps in the Descriptosaurus model and have a clear framework for developing language, grammar and punctuation. The Descriptosaurus model was created and refined over a number of years as a result of feedback from children inside and outside the classroom as to the resources they required to inspire and assist them with their writing. Sue Cowley, bestselling author, teacher and teacher trainer Help to banish 'blank page syndrome' for ever, with this innovative book. This is an ideal resource for all KS2 primary and KS3 secondary English teachers, literacy coordinators and parents keen to support their childrens' creative writing. 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: Settings - landscapes, settlements and atmosphere, Characters - appearance, emotions and personality, and Creatures - appearance, abilities and habitats.Every great story needs interesting characters, check out this Space-Themed Character Names Word Matfor character inspiration. It can be daunting looking at a blank page when you're supposed to be writing, but with the help of this resource, your pupils will have lots of ideas ready to go! This way, children can refer to it while they're writing and look for words that'll fit into their story. You can this resource as an independent writing prompt during an English or creative writing lesson.

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: Settings – landscapes, settlements and atmosphere, Characters – appearance, emotions and personality, and Creatures – appearance, abilities and habitats. Descriptosaurus is the first book for creative writing that is a thematic expansion of a dictionary and a thesaurus.They can use ambitious adjectives to describe futuristic settings and learn new and more powerful verbs too. 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.

A teaching resource suitable for Key Stage 2 and 3 with lots of ideas and activities to enable you to run a descriptive writing competition in your school. New features for the second edition include: IWB compatible CD-ROM containing all the main elements of the book New VCOP coverage Expanded coverage of adverbs and connectives New planning sheets to help children organise and structure descriptions Character cards, games and mountain pyramid vocabulary builders The Descriptosaurus model was created and refined over a number of years as a result of feedback from children inside and outside the classroom as to the resources they required to inspire and assist them with their writing. This free guide shows how the explicit teaching of vocabulary can be done within the context of a writing task.Supporting schools and early years settings with literacy teaching resources to help enrich your lessons linking to literacy moments and awareness days throughout the academic year. book/CD, will be so helpful to teachers who are struggling to think of different ways to say things and will enhance their planning and teaching. Based on the popular Descriptosaurus series, pupils are challenged to focus on a scene and zoom in to describe the setting, the characters and the interaction between the two factors.