By publishing your document, the content will be optimally indexed by Google via AI and sorted into the right category for over 500 million ePaper readers on YUMPU. An explanation as to why descriptive writing is important and its relevance to the new KS2, KS3 and GCSE curriculums

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. 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 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. This handbook is suitable for Key Stage 2 and 3 pupils and features lots of ideas for incorporating the task into class time including:A warm up for pupils to familiarise themselves with descriptive writing before writing their competition entries, including games

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 👍🏻 Sample poems, wordbanks and model sentences to provide a step-by-step process for development of vocabulary and understanding of phrase, clause and sentence structure,, grammar and punctuation instruction and guidance, 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 stage There are different versions of Descriptosaurus, one aimed at 5-9 year olds and the other 8-14 years (others for different types of writing action & adventure, fantasy, ghost stories etc). Once it's printed out, you could hand out the word mat as a visual aid to be kept on tables. This way, children can refer to it while they're writing and look for words that'll fit into their story.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. 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. It also offers cross curricular links, particularly with history, and the opportunity for pupils to research their chosen time period.

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How can I use this Descriptive Setting Word Mat?

The National Literacy Trust is a registered charity no. 1116260 and a company limited by guarantee no. 5836486 registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in Scotland no. SC042944. Norestformrz* So would you let a child write a story and then refer to the lists of adjectives etc?

Now available with a CD-ROM for classroom use, 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: Settings – landscapes, settlements and atmosphere, Characters – appearance, emotions and personality, and Creatures – appearance, abilities and habitats. Or, 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. Descriptosaurus is an innovative book for creative writing. It is a resource that helps expand descriptive vocabulary in narratives based around the following areas: Settings, Characters And Creatures.

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