Wonderful Words for Writing

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Summary

Become a vocabulary champion and make your writing stand out! Using examples inspired by the world of Roald Dahl, add some detail to your descriptions and depth to your dialogue with this phizz-whizzing vocabulary activity book.

Aligned to the Key Stage 2 curriculum for ages 7 – 11
Supports vocabulary, grammar, language and comprehension goals
Learn exciting new words and how to use them to strengthen your writing
Complete the activities to practise your writing superpower
Create characters and the worlds they live in, play around with similes, synonyms and homonyms, and build up your word bank with rich, descriptive language.

About the authors

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories.

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Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember. He taught illustration for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, of which he is an honorary professor. He has won many prizes, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children’s Laureate. In the 2013 New Year’s Honours List he was knighted for services to illustration.