1st Edition

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 2: Captain Moody and His Pirate Crew

By Adam Bushnell Copyright 2022
106 Pages 97 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

106 Pages 97 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

106 Pages 97 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Captain Christopher Moody, based on a real-life pirate, has always longed for adventure. So, when he finds a treasure map, he decides to find a crew, find the treasure and find the greatest adventure the world had ever seen! Meet some weird pirates, a spooky island and a fearsome sea monster in this epic tale. On his journey, Captain Moody writes the story with the assistance of Blackbeard... Read more

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART A: THE STORY OF CAPTAIN MOODY AND HIS PIRATE CREW

CHAPTER 1 The Map

CHAPTER 2 The Crew

CHAPTER 3 The Flag

CHAPTER 4 The Journey

CHAPTER 5 The Island

CHAPTER 6 The Monster

CHAPTER 7 The Battle

CHAPTER 8 The Party

PART B: LEARNING PUNCTUATION WITH THE CHARACTERS

CHAPTER 9 Meet the Characters

Section 1: Captain Moody

Section 2: Blackbeard

Section 3: Punctua (Fairy Godmother of Writing)

CHAPTER 10 Editing a Story

Section 1: Writing and Editing Tips

Section 2: Sentences

Section 3: Comma Splicing

CHAPTER 11 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: Capital Letters Editing Checklist

CHAPTER 12 Question Marks

CHAPTER 13 Exclamation Marks

CHAPTER 14 Inverted Commas (Speech Marks)

Section 1: When and How to Use Inverted Commas

Section 2: How to punctuate inside the Inverted Commas

CHAPTER 15 Apostrophes

Section 1: Apopstrophes for Possession

Section 2: Apostrophes for Contraction

CHAPTER 16 Commas

Section 1: In a list

Section 2: To avoid misunderstandings

Section 3: To separate parts of a sentence

APPENDIX:

Checklist: Captain Moody’s Editing Checklist Level 1: Punctuation 

Checklist: Captain Moody’s Editing Checklist Level 2: Punctuation

Blackbeard’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.