English: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Handouts: * Grammar #80 (Apostrophes) Homework: * Grammar 80 if you do not finish it in class today 3. Assignments due: * None—we will grade Grammar Test #3

Lesson Goal: Review the use of apostrophes. Outcomes: Be able to . . . Review what we learned about nouns by grading Gr Test #3. Apply apostrophes correctly for possessive nouns and contractions. Identify possessive pronouns and apply the “no apostrophe” rule for any given sentence.

Starter #1 Let’s grade Grammar Test #3. Starter #2: Today’s lesson reviews what you should know already about using apostrophes. Most of the rules for using apostrophes have to do with what kind of nouns? Possessive nouns What’s a “possessive noun”? One that shows ownership

sheep + ’s = sheep’s means “belonging to the sheep” Starter #3 In our mini-unit on nouns, we learned these three rules about possessive nouns: Rule #1 Use an apostrophe and an “s” (’s) to form a possessive of a singular noun. boy + ’s = boy’s horse + ’s = horse’s   Rule #2 Use an apostrophe and an “s” (’s) to form a possessive of a plural noun that does not end in “s.” children + ’s = children’s means “belonging to the children” sheep + ’s = sheep’s means “belonging to the sheep”   Rule #3 Use an apostrophe alone to form the possessive of a plural noun that ends in “s.” Monkeys + ’ = monkeys’ libraries + ’ = libraries’ This is the EASIEST rule to apply because there are no exceptions!

Rule #4 Do NOT use an apostrophe in a possessive pronoun. Starter #3 continued Rule #4 Do NOT use an apostrophe in a possessive pronoun. His dad baked the cake. Ours made the cookies. (our dad)   Rule #5 Use an apostrophe to replace letters that have been omitted in a contraction. there's = there is (dropped “i” in “is”) can’t = cannot (dropped “no”)