Wilcox Descriptosaurus: Ghost Stories

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-317-51093-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 294 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilcox, Alison

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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'.