1. APOSTROPHES

2. What is an apostrophe ?

3. When one is used  An apostrophe is used  To show possession Ryan’s report is on John Paul Jones. Jones’s story is heroic. Does the Jones’s family tree include John Paul?

4. - To indicate the omission of a letter, letters, or numbers My cousin was in the U.S. Naval Academy class of ‘04. - With – s to show the plural of a small letter There are two m’s in commander, not on. An apostrophe is not used in forming the plural of a capital letter, a number, or an abbreviation that does not have periods. Gs MsURLs10s180sfours

5. Contractions  They’re – They are  Let’s – Let us  We’ve – We have  She’ll – She will  He’d – He would or he had  Don’t – Do not  Aren’t – Are not  Doesn’t – Does not

6. Add an apostrophe where needed in these sentences 1) John Paul Joness real name was John Paul. 2) Hed added Jones to his name when he came to America. 3) Im sure he was born in Scotland 4) How many os are in the word commissioned? 5) When the naval commanders ship was sinking in 1779, he said, “I have not yet begun to fight.”

7. Add apostrophes in the sentences where needed. 1) Its well accepted that John Paul Jones was one of the founders of the U.S. Navy during the late 1700s. 2) The French royal familys cemetery is where John Paul Jones was originally buried. 3) Not long after, however, Frances revolutionary government sold the cemetery, and there wasn’t any place for the graves. 4) The naval leaders body was placed in an unmarked grave, and people didn’t know what happened to it. 5) Many wanted their heros remains returned to the United States, and Ambassador Horace Porters search began. 6) Hed begun his search in 1899, but Joness body was not found until 1905. 7) At President Theodore Roosevelts request, battleships escorted Joness remains down the Chesapeake Bay.