Collins Children’s Dictionaries – Collins Shorter School Dictionary

by JohnMcIlwain (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.24

  Especially designed to support the language and literacy needs of children aged 10+, this concise dictionary will support pupils through SATs, as well as fulfilling the literacy framework objectives for dictionary skills. It develops and reinforces essential dictionary features such as extended entries with multiple definitions, parts of speech (verb, noun, etc), derivations and inflexions (plurals, comparative forms, tenses of a verb,etc), guidewords and related words. It also provides etymologies for words from both modern languages and cultures and more ancient origins. Synonyms and antonyms are highlighted for common and overused words to encourage vocabulary building and enrich understanding. Word families are grouped together in word family boxes. Common prefixes and suffixes are highlighted and defined.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1992

  $3.24

  Collins Shorter School Dictionary is designed as a cross-over dictionary for children about to move into Key Stage 3. It is based on the Collins School Dictionary for secondary schools, which has been specially shortened and adapted to meet the needs of a younger age group. This book features 10,000 headwords, spacious layout to make it especially easy for pupils to use, clear explanations of meanings given in complete sentences and examples of natural usage to help pupils understand meanings in context. Also included are lists of similar words to help with vocabulary building, word origins to help awaken interest in the history of language and simple pronunciation help for difficult words.