1. Why is this duck angry?

2. 5 steps to be a pro at the Apostrophe
By Daniel, Srijan and Lachlan

3. Quiz First Daniel will hand out a worksheet on the apostrophe.
Can you please form 6 groups of 3

4. Step 1

5. Contractions * It's the first day of spring.
You can use an apostrophe to make a word shorter this is called a contraction. These are some contractions.
* For example:
* It's the first day of spring.
* Our bird has escaped from its cage.
* Don't confuse the contraction it’s (which means it is)with its that is a possessive pronoun (its)

6. Be careful to place the apostrophe in the right place
Be careful to place the apostrophe in the right place. Below in the picture you can see a wide variety of words that show you which of the letters have been taken away and where the apostrophe should be.

7. Step 2

8. Possessive apostrophe
Use an apostrophe plus -s to show the possessive form of a singular noun (Showing the ownership of the single noun), even if that singular noun already ends in –s.

9. my daughter's First Communion Sylvia Plath's poetry
For example:
Harold's crayon,
my daughter's First Communion
Sylvia Plath's poetry
Dylan Thomas's poetry
today's weather report
the boss's problem
Star Jones's talk show
Victoria Beckham's husband

10. Step 3

11. The apostrophe behind the noun s’
If the noun already ends in an-s then you would put the Apostrophe behind the noun.
For Example:
the girls' swing set (the swing set belonging to the girls)
the students' projects (the projects belonging to the students)
the Johnsons' house (the house belonging to the Johnsons)

12. The apostrophe with a S at the end
If the plural noun does not end in -s, add an apostrophe plus -s:
 the women's conference (the conference belonging to the women)
the children's toys (the toys belonging to the children)
the men's training camp (the training camp belonging to the men)

13. Switching it around
This is a bit tricky. However there is a trick to help. If you switch the sentence around and it makes sense you know it is right. For example:
Boy's hats (hats of the boy).
Boys' hats (hats of the boys).
Children's hats (hats of the children).
Two weeks' notice (notice of two weeks).
One week's notice (notice of one week).

14. Question But childrens' hats is wrong can anyone explain why?
If you can you get a prize!

15. Step 4

16. Last thing listed
When two or more nouns have the same thing, add an apostrophe plus -s to the last noun listed:

17. Examples Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia Ice Cream
Emma and Nicole's school project (Emma and Nicole worked together on the same project)
When two or more nouns separately possess something, add an apostrophe to each noun listed:
Tim's and Marty's ice cream (Each boy has his own ice cream.)
Emma's and Nicole's school projects (Each girl has her own project.)

18. Step 5

19. Ownership
Do Not Use an Apostrophe with Possessive Pronouns ( the word before a noun) because already show ownership, it's* not necessary to add an apostrophe:

20. Examples
yours
his
hers
its*
ours
Theirs

21. However……
However, we do add an apostrophe plus -s to form the possessive of some indefinite pronouns (a pronoun that does not refer to any person, amount, or thing in particular, e.g., anything, something, anyone, everyone):
anybody's guess
one's personal responsibility
somebody's wallet

22. Contraction games

23. Memory game
unctuation/apostrophes/interactive/contraction. htm

24. Penalty shootout

25. Penalty shootout game
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26. Quiz

27. Quiz Link
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