1st Edition

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl

By Adam Bushnell Copyright 2022
86 Pages 90 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

86 Pages 90 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

86 Pages 90 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

The Gingerbread Man was rather a handful, but wait until you meet the Ninjabread Girl! With a "Hiiiiii-yaaaaa!" she runs away saying, "Run! Run! So fast like a twirl … you can’t catch me, I’m the Ninjabread Girl!" Can the Ninjitsu Trainer catch her? What about the crocodile? Or the wolf? Can nothing stop her? On her journey, the Ninjabread Girl writes the story with the assistance of... Read more

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART A: THE STORY OF THE NINJABREAD GIRL

CHAPTER 1 The Ninjabread Girl

PART B: LEARNING PUNCTUATION WITH THE CHARACTERS

CHAPTER 2 Meet the Characters

Section 1: The Ninjabread Girl

Section 2: Kitsune

Section 3: Punctua (the Fairy Godmother of Writing)

CHAPTER 3 Editing a Story

Section 1: Writing and Editing Tips

Section 2: Sentences

Section 3: Comma Splicing

CHAPTER 4 Capital Letters

Section 1: Beginning of a sentence/names of people

Section 2: Names of places

Section 3: Days of the Week and Months of the Year

Section 4: Editing checklist

CHAPTER 5 Question Marks

CHAPTER 6 Exclamation Marks

CHAPTER 7 Inverted Commas (Speech Marks)

Section 1: When and How to Use Inverted Commas

Section 2: How to Punctuate Inside the Inverted Commas 

CHAPTER 8 Apostrophes

Section 1: Apostrophes for Possession

Section 2: Apostrophes for Contraction

CHAPTER 9 Commas

Section 1: In a list

Section 2: To avoid misunderstandings

Section 3: To separate parts of a sentence

APPENDIX

Ninjabread Girl’s Editing Checklist Level 1: punctuation

Ninjabread Girl’s Editing Checklist Level 2: punctuation

Kitsune’s Challenge

Certificate: Editing Level 1

Certificate: Editing Level 2

Biography

Adam Bushnell is an award-winning and Amazon number one best-selling author of fictional and academic books. He works in the UK and internationally in both state and private education delivering creative writing workshops to all ages. His books have been selected by the School Library Association for the "Boys into Books" recommended reading list. Previously a teacher, Adam also delivers CPD to teachers and others working in education on how to inspire writing in the classroom.