1st Edition
Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 2: Captain Moody and His Pirate Crew
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 the pirate and Punctua, the Fairy Godmother of Writing, to punctuate properly and become a bestselling author.
Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 2: Captain Moody and His Pirate Crew is part of a short series of age-specific, beautifully illustrated stories that can be read for pleasure and/or used as a contextualized resource, containing a step-by-step guide to teaching punctuation. The characters from each story are used to demonstrate a range of punctuation rules in a fun and engaging way appropriate to the book's age group. Areas covered include:
- formulating punctuation rules.
- the use of misconceptions to highlight common errors.
- teaching tips to provide a punctuation model.
The book explores the impact of punctuation on reading, understanding, meaning and effect, and can be used as a basis for pupils’ own punctuation or included in their 'Writer’s Toolkit.' These new Descriptosaurus stories are an indispensable teaching aid for making punctuation fun for all primary teachers and literacy coordinators.
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.
