Descriptosaurus: Supporting Creative Writing for Ages 8–14

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Plan your exciting literacy events and moments across the year using our printable calendar and display in your staffroom to inspire planning. 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 👍🏻

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. This book is a treasure trove of descriptive language... Highly recommended for both teachers and parents. I wish I’d had a copy of this book when I was a full time English teacher! Invest in a copy today; you’ll be glad you did."

A warm up for pupils to familiarise themselves with descriptive writing before writing their competition entries, including games 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:

I've seen Descriptosaurus recommended on here a few times to help with creative writing. I've got it but I'm not entirely sure how to use it. Encourage your pupils to expand and experiment with descriptive language using the Descriptosaurus books as inspiration. Pupils are motivated to create their own piece of descriptive writing set in a particular period of time – past, present or future. The resources Descriptosaurus Time Machine - Ideas and activities to help you run competitions in school 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. This word mat is a fantastic way to encourage your pupils to use science-fiction vocabulary in KS2. 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.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. Oct 2023 Our Connecting Stories literacy project is transforming reading and writing in disadvantaged communities View all 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. 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. The... 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. As a classroom resource it will be invaluable.’