1. Possessives, plural possessives, plurals, and contractions

2.   The ________________ does 2 things:  Show possession  My sister’s French Bulldog is named Cami.  (whose French Bulldog? Lelia’s)  Contract two words  Do not sit there! Don’t sit there Apostrophe {‘}

3.  If it is not showing possession or contracting two words, it DOES or DOES NOT NEED an apostrophe.  Practice: Circle or highlight the examples that NEED apostrophes. Explain each one in the white space beside it.  There were many police officers out on the streets tonight.  Daquans got a bad habit of biting his nails.  The cash registers computer was broken during Black Friday!  This is their land, you shouldnt be here.

4.   When the name does not end in an –s, you add an apostrophe –s. (Mary’s or Javon’s)  When the name ends in an –s, the apostrophe goes after the –s. (Travis’ or Darius’ or Jones’)  It doesn’t have to be a human in order to show possession.  Examples: the bus’ route, the computer’s mouse, today’s example, last night’s homework, etc. Possessives

5.   Examples: my kids’ tests, hunters’ licenses, different species’ habitats, etc.  When the word ends in an –s, the apostrophe goes after the –s. (kids’ - hunters’ - species’)  When the plural form of the word does not end in an –s, punctuate it normally. (children’s - deer’s)  When the plural form of the word needs an –es, punctuate is like other –s. (all the buses’ routes vs. a bus’ route)  When the plural form of the word does not change, but sounds like –es is at the end. (fish’s -- NOT fishes)  When you need a plural pronoun, make sure it agrees with the gender and number. (theirs vs. their) Plural Possessives

6.   When the word does not end in an –s, add an –s. (drinks, candles, cans, lights, lasers, games, etc.)  When the word ends in an –s, add –es. (buses, gases, passes, etc.)  When the word ends in the constanant cluster –ch, add –es. (patches, bunches, batches) Plural Rules

7.  There are several types of contractions. Any time you mesh two words into one, it’s a contraction.  Name + verb (Lea is > Lea’s)  Passive verb + negative (cannot > can’t) (will not > won’t) (do not > don’t)  I + passive verb (I would > I’d) (I will > I’ll) (I am > I’m) always capitalize I, in or out of a contraction  Pronoun + passive verb (she will > she’ll) (he would > he’d) (we are > we’re) (they are > they’re) Contractions

8.   Only exception to ‘a possessive needs an apostrophe rule’ is “its.” The contraction wins the apostrophe.  It is > It’s (Demonte said, “Today is going to be a long day.” Tre answered, “It’s going to be a killer!”)  Possessive Its (example: Ms. Rice, “Where is your trumpet’s case?” Precious, “Its case is in my locker. “) It’s vs. Its

9.   We’re  Where  Were What’s the difference?

10.   There  They’re  Their