Word Power
Activities for Years 5 and 6

First Published in 2005. These engaging activities focus upon the word level strand of the literacy strategy, in particular the vocabulary extension element. These lively games, puzzles and activities will help children to: uncover the history behind words like king, potato and Thursday; be creative and use alliteration to write their own terrific tongue twisters; and find out what the words Mum, Dad, and pup have in common. Written for primary teachers in all primary schools.

Chapter 1 Idioms, clichés and sayings '” our language heritage; Chapter 2 Onomatopoeia and alliteration '” making an impact; Chapter 3 Technical and subject-specific vocabulary '” subject words; Chapter 4 Foreign words '” around the world; Chapter 5 Abbreviations '” cutting it fine; Chapter 6 New words which help our language grow '” keeping up-to-date; Chapter 7 Proverbs '” words of wisdom; Chapter 8 Metaphors and similes '” sounds like..; Chapter 9 Puns, riddles and crosswords '” wordplay;

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