HEADTEACHER'S WORD BANK
- I want us to improve the quality of our writing throughout the school.
- I want the reader of your work to really be able to 'see' what you are talking about!
- Think of when you draw a picture.
- You don't just draw in black and white, you colour the picture to make it more interesting.
- I want you do the same with your writing.
- Take one your favourite books.
- Look at any page.
- What has the writer done to make it interesting?
- Why can you 'see' what is happening?
- Why do you feel glad, sad or excited by it?
- In part it is because the writer is describing things, describing actions.
- It is not just a 'street' - it is a 'narrow,winding street with dark shadows between the dim glow of the streetlights'
- Joe did not just 'run down the street', he 'ran hopefully' or 'ran as fast as he could'.
- So, let us build our word banks, learn what the words mean, learn how to spell them - and then USE them in our writing.
- We all know the word ' big'. Do you know how many other words there are for 'big' - each with a slightly different meaning and colour?
- Here is a short list: large, great, huge, enormous, immense, gigantic, tremendous, colossal, bulky, hulking, beefy, burly, important, significant, major,
momentous, weighty.
- There are many more.
NOW YOU TELL ME HOW MANY WORDS YOU CAN THINK OF WHICH MIGHT BE USED INSTEAD OF 'SMALL'
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