Full Description
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, combine their descriptions of setting and character and show how the two interact. Children can then experiment with their own ghost stories, armed with the skills, techniques and vocabulary necessary to describe their ghostly scenes in a way that allows the reader to feel the characters' fear and visualise the source of their terror within the setting.
This new system also provides a contextualised alternative to grammar textbooks and will assist children in acquiring, understanding and applying the grammar they will need to improve their writing, both creative and technical.
Contents
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
