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

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Alison Wilcox (School writer and researcher, UK)

Descriptosaurus Grammar Companion Ages 9 to 12

A Language Toolkit and Support for Creative Writing

Alison Wilcox (School writer and researcher, UK)

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Routledge
15 February 2024

Primary & middle schools; Secondary schools; Teacher training

Descriptosaurus Grammar Companion Ages 9 to 12 is a flexible grammar toolkit based on current research about effective strategies for teaching grammar tools and sentence construction (investigation, imitation, combining and expansion). It includes guidelines, exercises, scaffolds and models, and by showing a clear progression route to the acquisition and consolidation of increasingly more complex grammar tools it provides teachers and students with a road map that makes learning about sentence construction and revision visible.

This book is a collection of connected resources that can be used as and when required and it provides an easily accessible differentiation resource for each student based on their current stage of development, not the age-related targets and expectations. It enables the learning process for grammar tools to be recursive rather than linear; to be regularly revisited in short bursts to consolidate students’ knowledge and usage, or to correct any misconceptions or problem areas without impeding any writing activities already planned. Chapters focus on four main points:

Investigation Imitation Combining Expansion

This Grammar Companion supports the main Descriptosaurus book and scaffolds students in their journey through the world of language. This essential resource will strengthen their language muscles and build confidence with sentence manipulation when revising their own texts, thus freeing their minds to think about the important issues of writing: content, audience and purpose, and organisation and structure.

By: Alison Wilcox (School writer and researcher UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 820g
ISBN: 9781032662831
ISBN 10: 1032662832
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 15 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

"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""."