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The Punctuation Department

To correct and serve.

Officer Period closes sentences. Chief Comma directs traffic. Sergeant Exclamation Mark gets a little too excited. Detective Question Mark asks the questions nobody else thought to. Apostrophe handles possession claims. Quotation Marks file the official transcript.

Twelve punctuation marks, all personified as members of the Grammaropolis Police Department. The pedagogy is in the casework: every comma rule is a procedure, every apostrophe error is a citation. Currently one combined Grades 3-5 volume in market; eight single-grade volumes coming.

The Punctuation Department shield

The Department.

Twelve officers and specialists. Each one runs their corner of the punctuation beat.

Chief Comma
Chief Comma
Pauses, lists, clauses
Officer Period
Officer Period
End marks
Prosecutor Apostrophe
Prosecutor Apostrophe
Possession & contraction
Court Reporter Quotation Marks
Court Reporter Quotation Marks
Direct speech
Detective Question Mark
Detective Question Mark
Inquiries
Sergeant Exclamation Mark
Sergeant Exclamation Mark
Strong feelings
Sheriff Semicolon
Sheriff Semicolon
Joining clauses
Deputy Colon
Deputy Colon
Lists & elaboration
Hyphen
Hyphen
Joining words
Dash
Dash
Ranges & emphasis
Defense Attorney Parentheses
Defense Attorney Parentheses
Asides
Assistant Defense Attorney Brackets
Assistant Defense Attorney Brackets
Editorial clarifications

What's available right now.

The combined Grades 3-5 volume is the current SKU. Eight single-grade SKUs (Grades 1-8) are in build; the combined volume retires when the single-grade versions ship.

Coming next: the single-grade split.

The combined Grades 3-5 volume is being split into eight single-grade SKUs (Grades 1 through 8), matching the industry convention every other elementary and middle-school ELA workbook publisher uses. Same characters. Same chapter spine. Grade-appropriate depth at each grade.

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