Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools

Oxford Dictionaries

800 pages

ISBN: 978-0-19-275701-2 | Paperback

Publication Date: 03 May 2012

Price: £7.99

Suitable for: 11-16 years, KS3-4, Y7-11, S1-4, GCSE/ Standard Grade specifications, parents, teachers, librarians

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Extensive secondary school thesaurus for complete writing support.

NEW LOOK! NEW COVER! NEW 2012 EDITION!
Best for content - contemporary and up-to-date
Best for context - with real appropriate example sentences from writing for children
Panels on Word Webs, Writing Tips, and Overused Words to give hands-on support for students
Special How to Write Well supplement on writing skills, such as planning, drafting and editing, paragraph and sentence structure, vocabulary and punctuation, with examples of writing in various genres of fiction and non-fiction
Spoken Language Study support with helpful labelling showing how words are used differently in different contexts and can create different effects
Ideal for taking in to Controlled Assessments, where allowed
Ideal companion to the iOxford English Dictionary for Schoolsr
ACCESSIBLE! AGE-APPROPRIATE! AUTHORITATIVE! FROM THE MARKET LEADING CHILDREN'S DICTIONARY PUBLISHER!

The Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools is easy to use with its accessible layout. It delivers a wide vocabulary with excellent coverage of curriculum words. It also provides context with the age-appropriate example sentences, from the best children's books and teenage fiction to show students how to use language most effectively. It is powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus, a unique electronic database of millions of words written for children. It gives hands-on support to young writers, with a unique toolkit on writing skills, How to Write Well, and panels highlighting common pitfalls and giving useful suggestions for replacing overused words. It is ideal to use when preparing for the Spoken Language Study and the English Language objectives of the GCSE specifications for KS3-4, and where permitted, is ideal for taking in to Controlled Assessments, along with the companion Oxford English Dictionary for Schools.

Free downloadable learning resources, word games, puzzles, and much more are available for additional online support at www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools

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Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools

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