Descriptosaurus: Action & Adventure
Alison Wilcox
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Description for Descriptosaurus: Action & Adventure
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, 6 black & white tables, 16 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 4KHJ; 4KHN; JNLB; JNU; YQCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 176 x 269 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
Descriptosaurus: Action & Adventure builds on the vocabulary and descriptive phrases introduced in the original bestselling Descriptosaurus and, within the context of adventure stories, develops the structure and use of the words and phrases to promote colourful cinematic writing. This essential guide will enable children to take their writing to the next level, combine their descriptions of setting and character and show how the two interact. Children can then experiment with their own adventure stories, armed with the skills, techniques and vocabulary necessary to describe their action scenes in a way that allows the reader to feel the characters' fear ... Read more
Descriptosaurus: Action & Adventure builds on the vocabulary and descriptive phrases introduced in the original bestselling Descriptosaurus and, within the context of adventure stories, develops the structure and use of the words and phrases to promote colourful cinematic writing. This essential guide will enable children to take their writing to the next level, combine their descriptions of setting and character and show how the two interact. Children can then experiment with their own adventure stories, armed with the skills, techniques and vocabulary necessary to describe their action scenes in a way that allows the reader to feel the characters' fear ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138858695
SKU
V9781138858695
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Alison Wilcox
Alison Wilcox has extensive teaching experience in schools in England and Scotland. Colleagues describe her methods as 'innovative and inspirational to even the most reluctant of writers'.
Reviews for Descriptosaurus: Action & Adventure
Descriptosaurus is a hugely popular and highly successful book which helps teachers encourage pupils' creative writing. [...] Descriptosaurus: Action and Adventure takes a subject which will really excite and engage children and builds on the vocabulary and descriptive phrases introduced in the original bestseller book. Always keeping close to the theme, it develops the structure and use of the words ... Read more