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Descriptosaurus: Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8-14 by Alison Wilcox (Hardcover, 2017)
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Book by Alison Wilcox: Descriptosaurus: Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8–14 published by Routledge
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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. 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. For reluctant writers or those faced with blank page syndrome, it provides essential starting points to encourage putting pen to paper, not only inspiring children, but also building their confidence, encouraging them to use, apply and create using the correct grammatical structures, and adding colour to their writing through evaluation and experimentation. New features for this updated third edition include: Sample poems Word banks and model sentences to provide a step-by-step process for development of vocabulary and understanding of phrase, clause and sentence structure Contextualised grammar and punctuation instruction and guidance Units of work where the models can be incorporated in a creative focus A companion website containing all the features of the book, games, planning sheets and vocabulary builders This is an ideal resource to dramatically improve children's creative writing for all KS2 primary and KS3 secondary English teachers, literacy coordinators and parents. It would also make an excellent classroom book for PGCE students, particularly Primary PGCE with English specialism.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139781138093027
eBay Product ID (ePID)236957621
Product Key Features
Number of Pages302 Pages
Publication NameDescriptosaurus: Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8-14
LanguageEnglish
SubjectTeaching
Publication Year2017
TypeStudy Guide
Subject AreaLanguage Study
AuthorAlison Wilcox
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height297 mm
Item Weight1066 g
Item Width210 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAlison Wilcox
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- 28 Apr, 2021Most favourable review
Great book for kids to improve creative writing and improve word s bank
It’s very helpful for kids year 5 onward to improve English writing skills. I like this book. Paper quality and book size is very good . One I bought for my friend and she extremely liked it. It’s wonderful book with variety of sentences and words that are structured beautifully with topics. If child is going to set a snow scene, it gives him all relevant vocabulary under snow title. So I recommend to all who have enthusiastic and learner to use ambitious vocabulary.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 14 Oct, 2020Most critical review
A nice reference book, good for tutors.
This is a very goood reference book, and quite useful to the teachers. Not sure if the children can use on their own, unless they are well trained to use reference books. A bit pricey but the binding quality is good. Not exactly what I'd expected, but not too bad either. So not sure what rating to give, but I guess would be well-used in the secondary school years.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 09 Feb, 2019
Outstanding timesaver and everything you need!
Never heard of these until I attended a recent literacy course. Blown away with its content... will be so helpful when teaching English. All perfectly categorised and easy to find; guidance on how to use and ideas of games too - all to promote new and innovative vocabulary to children. Many of the words, some children might never hear. Whereas now they are right in front of them, they have a chance at discussing them in contexts, experimenting with in sentences and developing as an ‘oracy’ mogul!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 23 Jul, 2020
Worth the price
I would say that this is an expensive resource for a teacher - especially as you have to buy most things yourself. But from having a brief glance at it, I believe that it will be very useful and will help dramatically improve sentence structure and vocabulary just by exposing them to alternatives. It's almost like a thesaurus but the layout will be of huge help to my year 4 childrenVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 31 Oct, 2018
Good for kids creative writing
Daughters teacher recommended it, great for creative writing and good for children nowadays who not only have to write a good story but know the rules regarding writing ie pronouns, adverbs, etc etc and the fact that they seem to have to use these in their writingVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 05 Feb, 2021
Fabulous resource!
What an excellent way to encourage your child to enjoy creative writing more. It helps gently nurture talent and creativity with loads of helpful vocabulary and sentence structures. Well worth the money and wish I’d have known about this sooner!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 14 Apr, 2021
Excellent book.
This is a great book for helping children with vocabulary for creative writing. i have recommended it to children that I have tutored and they have found it really useful.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 24 Sep, 2019
Writing made simple
An ideal support tool for the reluctant writer, easy to use and full of ideas to help boost your child’s writing skills. Great for both Keystage 2 and 3.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 02 Jul, 2020
Descriptosaurus
This is a really fantastic book to aid creative writing. I bought it for my children to use while they are learning from home and it has been used frequently. Highly recommended.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 15 May, 2024
The packaging was amazing. The book looks very new too. Very swift communication!
The packaging was amazing. The book looks very new too. Very swift communication!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
