{"product_id":"descriptosaurus-punctuation-in-action-years-46-jack-and-the-crystal-fang-9781032040950","title":"Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 46","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only cure for a deadly plague sweeping the country is the crystal fang of a dragon that has terrorised the surrounding countryside for many years. Until now, the location of its den on Dragon Ridge Mountain has remained a mystery. In a race against time, Jack battles through a storm to reach the top of Dragon Ridge Mountain. With Merlin to guide him, Jack enters the dragon's den and comes face to face with the monstrous beast. This is a story of courage, magic and one boy's brave quest to fulfil a destiny foretold by the legends of long ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin Jack on his journey as he writes the story with the assistance of the magician Merlin and Punctua, the Fairy Godmother of Writing, to punctuate properly and become a bestselling author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 46: Jack and the Crystal Fang 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 s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART A – THE STORY JACK AND THE CRYSTAL FANG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1 The Legend \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 2 Dragon Ridge Mountain \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 3 The Storm \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 4 Merlin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 5 The Portal \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 6 The Cave \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 7 The Dragon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 8 The Escape \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 9 The Great Story-Writing Rebellion\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART B – LEARNING PUNCTUATION WITH THE CHARACTERS: Level 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 10 Meet the Characters Section 1: Jack \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 2: Merlin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 3: Punctua (Fairy Godmother of Writing) CHAPTER 11 Editing a Story \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 1: (Ending the Period Drought in the Unit of Sense) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Writing and Editing Tips \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 2: Sentences CHAPTER 12 Capital Letters \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 2: (BaTtLE oF ThE caPiTaLSe) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Beginning of a sentence\/names of people \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 2: Names of places \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 3: Days of the Week \u0026amp; Months of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 4: Capital Letters Editing Checklist CHAPTER 13 Question Marks \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 3: (Interrogation in the Centre of Questions) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 14 Exclamation Marks \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 4: (The Quest for Excitement at Shrieking Point) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 15 Inverted Commas (Speech Marks) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 5: (The Quest for Quotation, the ‘God of Speech’) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: When and How to Use \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 2: How to punctuate inside the Speech Marks CHAPTER 16 Apostrophes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 6: (The Search for the Apostrophes’ Attachments) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Possession \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 2: Plural nouns ending in ‘s’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 3: Singular nouns ending in ‘s’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 7: (The Apostrophe Mystr’ry of the Missing Letters) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 4: Contraction\/missing letters \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 5: It’s\/its; they’re\/ their; you’re\/your \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 6: Editing Checklist CHAPTER 17 Commas \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 8: (The confusing, bemusing, baffling List Comma Mystery) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Commas in a list \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 9: (Separated in the Break of Meaning) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 2: To make the meaning clear \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 3: To separate parts of a sentence \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 10: (The, Plague of, the Comma, Splicers) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 4: Comma Splicing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditing Checklist \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePunctuation Quests Level 1 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerlin’s Challenge \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLevel 1: Punctuation Challenge \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART C – LEARNING PUNCTUATION WITH THE CHARACTERS: Level 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 18 Brackets \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 1: (Quest for Explanations in the Land of Brackets) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 19 Dashes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 2: (Stress Test in the Dash of Emphasis Challenge) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 20 Semicolons \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 3: (Quest for Connections in the linking Passages of Semicolons) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 21 Colons \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 4: (Quest for the List of Introductions and Explanations in the Colon Tunnels) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 22 Ellipsis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 5: (Missing in the Land of Ellipsis) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 23 Hyphens \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 6: (Quest for Meaning in the Land of Hyphen Fasteners) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 24 Bullet Points \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 7: (Quest for Key Points at the Bullet Zone) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePunctuation Quests Level 2 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAPPENDIX:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUEST 8: Merlin’s Challenge: Check-up for the Plague of the Comma Splicers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePunctua’s Challenge: Experimenting with Punctuation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBullet Point Models: Job Advert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBullet Point Models: Quest Mission Statement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReport Model: Missing Person Report \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlanning Templates: Job Advert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlanning Templates: Quest Mission Statement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlanning Templates: Missing Person Report\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePunctua’s Writing Challenge: An Alternative Ending to a Cliff-hanger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApprentice Editor Certificate Level 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaster Editor Certificate Level 2 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406657954135,"sku":"9781032040950","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/descriptosaurus-punctuation-in-action-years-46-jack-and-the-crystal-fang-9781032040950","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}