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:&#8226 Vocabulary geared towards the KS3 curriculum and GCSEs&#8226 Highlights context and use, with lots of example sentences, to help children use language effectively&#8226 Panels on Word Webs, Writing Tips, and Overused Words to give hands-on support for students&#8226 Features a section drawing on 500 words to support children with creative writing&#8226 Spoken Language Study support with helpful labelling showing how words are used differently in different contexts and can create different effects&#8226 The perfect companion to the Oxford English Dictionary for Schools&#8226 Powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus - a unique electronic database of millions of words written by and for children