Darwin's Dragons - Session 6 - Word Workshop

The "Word Workshop" from Darwin's Dragons session 6 is an engaging and educational exercise designed to enhance vocabulary skills for KS2 students. This session focuses on a variety of words, asking students to explore their meanings, use them in sentences, and modify them through grammatical changes such as adding prefixes or suffixes, changing verb tenses, and altering between plural and singular forms. Additionally, students are encouraged to think critically by identifying synonyms—words with similar meanings—and antonyms—words with opposite meanings—to each given term.

Words such as 'engulfed', 'inferno', 'cautious', 'ordinary', 'attached', 'trembled', 'glimpse', 'wretched', 'purgatory', 'desperate', 'surge', 'stench', 'murderous', 'determined', 'staggered', 'flinched', 'solitary', and 'haphazardly' are all part of the workshop, covering a broad spectrum of the English language. This activity not only helps students to enhance their vocabulary but also to understand the nuances of the English language, such as word classes and the impact of context on word usage. The workshop is a practical tool for building a richer, more varied vocabulary and for fostering a deeper understanding of word usage and grammar.