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Click the icon above to take you to the help pages of the D&T website where you can use a host of tools to help you with your spelling, vocabulary and grammar.
'Spice up' your writing
'Spice up' your writing
'Word Swap' Writing tool from Thesaurus.com
'Word Swap' Writing tool from Thesaurus.com
If you copy and paste or directly type some text, hover over the words and this tool will give you suggestions on how to improve your writing synonyms (similar words) so you can use more sophisticated vocabulary. Your teachers will think you are a word wizard! Click this link to use the tool.
A FEW WORDS OF WARNING !
Paraphrasing text is a form of plagiarism (stealing other people's work and passing it off as your own). It should be avoided as your work can be rejected and your GCSE exams cancelled if it is discovered you have cheated. There are a huge number of online plagiarism checkers online which teachers can use to check the authenticity of your work. Additionally, your teachers know you. They know how you speak and write. It would be pretty obvious when you've submitted something that is not your own.You should always write using your own words.
'Bloom's Taxonomy' Sentence Starters
'Bloom's Taxonomy' Sentence Starters
Bloom's Taxonomy is a tool teachers often use to help tease out more in depth thinking from students during lessons. You can use this too when writing about a topic. It is particularly useful when putting together an argument for or against something. We start on the left-hand-side by choosing a 'starting' set of sentence starters. As we develop the piece of writing we move to the right hand side. Simply pick and choose a sentence starter that you like and you think 'fits' what you want to say. Have a go, you will become a more confident writer.
Using 'connectives' to joins sentences in interesting ways
Using 'connectives' to joins sentences in interesting ways
There are many simple ways of joining sentences together that make your writing more interesting to read. Here are just some of them. This is a multi page slideshow so just click on the image to move the slide forwards. As with all Google Slides, click on the settings 'gear' icon to change the speed, pause or put it on a loop.
Conveying a 'position' or 'point' you might have
Conveying a 'position' or 'point' you might have
PEE(E)L
PEE(E)L
Point, Evidence (Examples), Explain, Link
Point, Evidence (Examples), Explain, Link
This is a useful way of planning out an extended piece of writing where you've been asked to put forward an argument for something or show your understanding of a topic. You can use this Google Docs template to help you.
If you're struggling to find your words
If you're struggling to find your words
Use this website to help you. Just type the word in the search box and select 'definitions' or 'related words'.
For more help click the 'vocabulary' link at the top of this page.
Look it up in the dictionary
Look it up in the dictionary
Use this if you are looking for the meaning when you already know the word.
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