This authoritative new edition of the bestselling Oxford School Thesaurus boosts vocabulary and improves writing skills through new curriculum support. With the help of the Oxford Children's Corpus, the largest bank of children's language in English, the thesaurus is able to proivde a range of carefully-levelled words, synonyms and antonyms and age-appropriate example sentences. These are written in the natural language of contemporary children using contexts that will make the thesaurus easy and enjoyable for every child to use. Phrasal verbs, idioms, and writing tips help to explore the richness of language and make writing more effective, whether in creative writing or in essays, projects, reports and letters. A writing supplement with spelling, grammar and punctuation support makes this a complete toolkit to enhance basic literacy skills, build confidence, deliver the curriculum and help children prepare for the level of writing expected at secondary school. As with all Oxford children's thesauruses, it has been trialled with teachers. A perfect buy, in a portable mini format with a refreshing new look, an essential for any backpack. Free downloadable word games, puzzles and activities are available at www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools 本暢銷書最新版本除了增加單字，也加入寫作技巧，適用於新課程。在兒童英語最大的語料庫─牛津兒童語料庫幫助下，本書提供分級單字、同義詞與反義詞以及適合該年齡的範例句子。所有資料皆以當代兒童的自然語言編寫，讓每個孩子更容易閱讀。書中也提供片語動詞、諺語及寫作訣竅，幫助學生更廣泛學習。不論是創意寫作、短文、方案、報告或是書信，學生將能夠寫出更實用的文章。寫作需要拼字、文法及標點符號，而本書也涵蓋此部分，不僅可以增進基本讀寫能力、建立信心，還可以幫助孩童準備中等教育的寫作課程。許多教師都採用本書，口袋書設計，方便攜帶，是您最佳的教材。所有單字遊戲、拼圖及活動皆可在www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools免費下載。