What is Word Detective?
Word Detective is a 20-week literacy scheme designed to improve vocabulary and writing skills.
How does it work?
- Come to the DARC to sign up and collect a diary.
- There will be three new words each week which will be displayed in the DARC as well as posted on this webpage below. Find a meaning for each word in a dictionary and write it in the space provided in your diary.
- Write your own sentence using each word.
- Bring your diary to the information desk each week to have it checked. Then wait for next week's words!
Words So Far...
This year's words will be updated below on a weekly basis.
Week 1: Buy | Coffee | Kitchen
Week 2: Teacher | Pizza | Evening
Week 3: Pencil | Class | Famous
Week 4: Afraid | Safe | Trick
Week 5: Zero | Tomorrow | Sandwich
Week 6: Cinema | Menu | Usually
Week 7: Letter | Male | Expensive
Week 8: Busy | Together | Apprentice
Week 9: Laugh | Honest | Couple
Week 10: Holiday | Guest | Present
Week 11: Further | Alcohol | Citizen
Week 12: Accept | Decline | Consent
Week 13: Reception | Computer | Photocopy
Week 14: Brother | Daughter | Argument
Week 15: Arrive | Depart | Schedule
Week 16: Love | Admire | Romantic
Week 17: Keyboard | Calculator | Intelligence
Week 18: Whether | Weather | Temperature
Week 19: Twice | Plenty | Approximately
Week 20: Challenge | Success | Achievement
An Award Winning Scheme...
The DARC is a previous winner of the CoLRic Best Practice Award for its Word Detective literacy support scheme.
The Best Practice Awards are national awards that are designed to highlight excellence in Library initiatives that really make a difference. CoLRiC commented that the scheme is ‘simple and effective, putting the Library at the heart of the College's learning activity’.
Entries were shortlisted by the CoLRiC Executive Committee and winners were chosen by an independent judge, before being presented with the award at the Library Awards Ceremony in May 2017.
