Descriptosaurus Grammar Companion Ages 9 to 12: A Language Toolkit and Support for Creative Writing

Author:   Alison Wilcox (School writer and researcher, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032662855


Pages:   424
Publication Date:   15 February 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Alison Wilcox (School writer and researcher, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.990kg
ISBN:  

9781032662855


ISBN 10:   1032662859
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   15 February 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements Introduction PART A – INVESTIGATIONS CHAPTER 1 Chunking into Sentence Parts CHAPTER 2 Subject and Predicate CHAPTER 3 Writing Craft Tools CHAPTER 4 Investigative Approach CHAPTER 5 Prepositional Phrases CHAPTER 6 Adverb Clauses CHAPTER 7 Relative Clauses CHAPTER 8 Participial Phrases PART B – IMITATING CHAPTER 9 Sentence Imitation Method CHAPTER 10 Expanded Noun Phrases CHAPTER 11 Opening and Delayed Adjectives CHAPTER 12 Opening and Delayed Adverbs CHAPTER 13 Compound Verbs CHAPTER 14 Examples from Literature PART C – SENTENCE COMBINING CHAPTER 15 Sentence Combining Method CHAPTER 16 Expanded Noun Phrases CHAPTER 17 Adverb Clauses CHAPTER 18 Relative Clauses CHAPTER 19 Participial Phrases CHAPTER 20 Creating a Sentence Combining exercise from a text CHAPTER 21 Sentence Combining – Poetry CHAPTER 22 Sentence Combining – Non-fiction CHAPTER 23 Sentence Combining – History: The Blitz WWII CHAPTER 24 Sentence Combining – Settings CHAPTER 25 De-Combining Sentences and Paragraphs PART D – SENTENCE EXPANSION CHAPTER 26 Sentence Expansion Method CHAPTER 27 A Writer’s Lens – Sentence Expansion CHAPTER 28 Show not Tell: Warm-up Exercises Bibliography

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"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""."

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