Publisher's Synopsis
**An Amazon bestseller** SPaG Book is the perfect companion for teachers of spelling, punctuation, and grammar...and now the National Curriculum and Ofsted consider EVERY teacher to be a teacher of literacy, that means you! Whether you're a grammar novice who doesn't know his adverbs from his elbow, or an expert English teacher who never splits his infinitives, this book has something for you. It explains the role SPaG has to play in the primary and secondary curricular, from EYFS to A Level. It explains what the SPaG assessment criteria means in practice. And it shares advice and ideas on what to teach and how to teach it. SPaG Book is also your one-stop-shop for checking spelling, punctuation, and grammar rules. It answers all those thorny questions about how to spell commonly mis-spelt words, how to use semi-colons, and how to avoid dangling your participles or ending your sentences with prepositions. This book also has a brief history of the English language which explains why English is such a wonderful (and difficult) language to master. The SPaG Book also has an appendix with subject spelling lists to help you build a bank of key words to display on your classroom wall. **Now includes free extracts from 'Outstanding Literacy' and 'How to Teach English GCSE Re-sits at Post-16'**
