Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl

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.

• Acknowledgements Introduction PART A: THE STORY OF THE NINJABREAD GIRLCHAPTER 1 The Ninjabread Girl PART B: LEARNING PUNCTUATION WITH THE CHARACTERSCHAPTER 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 checklistCHAPTER 5 Question Marks CHAPTER 6 Exclamation Marks CHAPTER 7 Inverted Commas (Speech Marks) Section 1: When and How to Use Inverted CommasSection 2: How to Punctuate Inside the Inverted Commas CHAPTER 8 Apostrophes Section 1: Apostrophes for Possession Section 2: Apostrophes for ContractionCHAPTER 9 Commas Section 1: In a list Section 2: To avoid misunderstandingsSection 3: To separate parts of a sentence APPENDIXNinjabread Girl’s Editing Checklist Level 1: punctuationNinjabread Girl’s Editing Checklist Level 2: punctuationKitsune’s ChallengeCertificate: Editing Level 1 Certificate: Editing Level 2