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Alison Wilcox

Descriptosaurus: A Language Toolkit and Support for Creative Writing Ages 9 to 12

Descriptosaurus: A Language Toolkit and Support for Creative Writing Ages 9 to 12

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 4th edition (22 Dec. 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 358 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1032707712
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781032707716

Now in its fully updated fourth edition, the bestselling Descriptosaurus continues to help improve students' creative writing, confidence and facility with sentence construction.

It provides young writers with a language toolkit with which to expand their descriptive vocabulary, experiment with language and sentence structure and build up narratives based around settings, characters and creatures. Its inspiring, original and proven approach encourages use of the correct grammatical structures, and helps children add colour to their writing through evaluation and experimentation.

This expanded edition has been tailored to the needs of children aged 9-12. It includes new vocabulary for non-fiction topics such as volcanoes, mountains and caves and an additional chapter to cover the popular primary topic of cold climates and polar exploration. Also new guidance is provided on how word clines can be used to expand vocabulary and explore shades of meaning and new tools provided to support the teaching of sentence construction using imitation, combining and expansion techniques.

Accompanied by Instructor and Student Resources containing all the games, planning sheets and vocabulary builders from the book, it is written for English teachers, literacy coordinators and PGCE students, particularly Primary PGCE with English specialism.

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