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

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 CAPTAIN MOODY AND HIS PIRATE CREWCHAPTER 1 The Map CHAPTER 2 The Crew CHAPTER 3 The Flag CHAPTER 4 The JourneyCHAPTER 5 The IslandCHAPTER 6 The MonsterCHAPTER 7 The BattleCHAPTER 8 The Party PART B: LEARNING PUNCTUATION WITH THE CHARACTERSCHAPTER 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 CommasSection 2: How to punctuate inside the Inverted CommasCHAPTER 15 Apostrophes Section 1: Apopstrophes for Possession Section 2: Apostrophes for ContractionCHAPTER 16 Commas Section 1: In a list Section 2: To avoid misunderstandingsSection 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: PunctuationBlackbeard’s ChallengeCertificate: Editing Level 1 Certificate: Editing Level 2

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