Dictionary Adventures

This 50 slide Powerpoint presentation invites pupils to:

• explore words that are newly-coined and popular, and words that are worn-out and forgotten;
• examine the way new words enter the language, looking at examples ranging from William Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss and Lewis Carroll to Roald Dahl;
• look closely at how words in dictionaries are included, organised and presented;
• use this knowledge to become lexicographers to create a mini-dictionary from the words of an anonymous nonsense poem.

The National Curriculum consistently asks that pupils remain curious and interested in language.

KS2 - *“During Years 5 and 6, teachers should continue to emphasise pupils’ enjoyment and understanding of language, especially vocabulary.” *

A central theme in KS3 is that pupils *“…be taught to consolidate and build on their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.” *

As well as the PowerPoint presentation this resource includes the text of the nonsense poem ‘The Cruise of the ‘P.C.’

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