Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools

Extensive secondary school thesaurus for complete and accessible writing support.

The Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools is carefully targeted to support secondary school students, to extend vocabulary, improve spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and to inspire them to become confident writers. Ideal support at school and home for GCSEs and Controlled Assessments.Carefully targeted to support secondary school students in extending vocabulary and improving spelling, punctuation, and grammar, this English Thesaurus for Schools has an easy-to-use, accessible layout, making it the perfect language resource for schoolwork and GCSE preparation. Key features include: • Vocabulary geared towards the KS3 curriculum and GCSEs • Highlights context and use, with lots of example sentences, to help children use language effectively • Panels on Word Webs, Writing Tips, and Overused Words to give hands-on support for students • Features a section drawing on 500 words to support children with creative writing • Spoken Language Study support with helpful labelling showing how words are used differently in different contexts and can create different effects • The perfect companion to the Oxford English Dictionary for Schools • Powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus - a unique electronic database of millions of words written by and for children