Descriptosaurus Personal Writing provides young writers with an
opportunity to link their personal lives and school experiences, and
gives writing a meaningful and personal context. It is a resource that
will guide and scaffold students to produce vivid, powerful, descriptive
and meaningful personal texts, and, acting as a springboard for other
genres, will dramatically improve the quality of their writing in all
areas.
It provides a detailed step-by-step guide through the writing process by
using personal narratives to develop the skills, knowledge and
understanding of writing a text. It demonstrates different techniques,
and provides useful tips and suggestions on how to revise a text and
transform it into a powerful, descriptive personal narrative. With
prompts, plans, methods and models for poetry and prose, this book helps
tackle each stage of the writing process from planning and writing a
first draft to revising and editing.
Descriptosaurus Personal Writing is an ideal vehicle for welcoming and
celebrating different cultures, experiences and stories into the writing
curriculum: an invaluable resource to dramatically improve children's
writing for all KS2 primary and KS3 secondary English teachers, literacy
coordinators and parents.