ABSTRACT

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.

part |2 pages

Part 1: The setting

chapter 1|6 pages

Hooks to build suspense

chapter 2|15 pages

Woods

chapter 3|14 pages

Grounds

chapter 4|23 pages

Buildings (outside)

chapter 5|23 pages

Buildings (inside)

chapter 6|15 pages

Secret passages and tunnels

part |2 pages

Part 2: Creating suspense

chapter 7|14 pages

Smells

chapter 8|12 pages

Temperature

chapter 9|22 pages

Sounds

chapter 10|13 pages

Touch

chapter 11|15 pages

Eerie presence

chapter 12|14 pages

Strange events

part |2 pages

Part 3: Atmosphere

chapter 13|3 pages

Silence

chapter 14|7 pages

Eerie light

chapter 15|5 pages

Dark

chapter 16|7 pages

Wind

chapter 17|6 pages

Rain and hail

chapter 18|4 pages

Thunder and lightning

part |2 pages

Part 4: The ghost

chapter 19|13 pages

The ghost’s appearance

chapter 20|13 pages

Interaction with and reaction to the ghost