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"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 the spirit fox Kitsune and Punctua, the Fairy Godmother of Writing, to punctuate properly and become a bestselling author. Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl is part of a short series of age-specific, beautifully illustrated stories that can be read for pleasure and/or used as a contextualised 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."

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Author:   Adam Bushnell
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.181kg
ISBN:  

9781032040844

ISBN 10:   103204084
Pages:   76
Publication Date:   21 September 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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"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."

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