Practice guide: ideas for using Apostrophe Power and Sentence Hero

The Apostrophe Power and Sentence Hero apps are serious games designed to help young adult and adult learners improve on aspects of their literacy. These aspects include apostrophe use (Apostrophe Power) and the use of full stops, commas, colons, semi-colons and the function of the subject and verb in a sentence (Sentence Hero). Both apps use gaming mechanics to motivate learners and provide engaging learning activities that are sequenced according to level of difficulty. Each app includes a series of training videos related to each aspect of punctuation and grammar. Learners can freely move between watching the training videos and playing the game. Included in the games are feedback hints.