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Using Possessives: How to Hit the Target Every Time! PPTUsing Possessives: How to Hit the Target Every Time! PPT
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Lincoln University
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5th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Using Possessives: How to Hit the Target Every Time!

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Everyone talks about dotting your i's and crossing your t's, but what about curling your apostrophes? These important punctuation marks are the focus of this presentation. Class members will learn all about contractions, plurals, and possessives, and they will also get some practice along the way.

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Concepts

apostrophes, possessive nouns, plural nouns, Grammar

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Pause frequently and have learners guess the correct usage before revealing the answers
  • Show the presentation to your class during a unit on grammar or if you've noticed an issue with apostrophe usage; pupils can take notes

Classroom Considerations

  • The presentation is editable, so you can easily add or remove information if desired

Pros

  • The animations included in the presentation are very effective and add to, rather than take away from, the content
  • Includes plenty of examples and a few practice questions with answers

Cons

  • None

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