Alison Wilcox

Descriptosaurus

Ghost Stories

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Descriptosaurus: Ghost Stories builds on the vocabulary and descriptive phrases introduced in the original bestselling Descriptosaurus, and within the context of ghost 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, to combine their descriptions of setting and character, and show how they interact, so that the reader can feel the character's fear and visualise the source of their terror within the setting. This new system also provides a contextualised alternative to textbook grammar and will assist children in acquiring, understanding and applying the grammar required to improve their writing, both creative and technical.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9781138858725
• ISBN-10: 1138858722
• Artikelnr.: 42456573

Autorenporträt

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'.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction:
Chapter 1: How to write a ghost story
* Key elements
* The Ghost
* The Setting
* Atmosphere
* Character interaction (movement)
* Character reaction
* Suspense
Chapter 2: Structure of a ghost story
* Beginning of the mystery
* Hero has a ghostly encounter
* A scary experience
* Another ghostly encounter
* Key point in the story - a revelation
* Hero is in danger
* Ending
Chapter 3: Ghostly Vocabulary
Chapter 4: SIR extracts (Setting, Interaction, Reaction)
Chapter 5: Connectives
Chapter 6: Adverbs
Chapter 7: Reading list

Rezensionen

"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 and phrases to promote colourful cinematic writing. [...] This is a huge library of ideas and will give teachers an almost unlimited resource to inspire their pupils. It's very simple to use and newly qualified teachers and teachers in training will find the book accessible; experienced teachers will find the range of ideas quite superb. A wonderful resource." - Parents in Touch