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Possessive Nouns
OBJECTIVES • To understand the concept of a possessive noun • To use apostrophes correctly in singular and plural possessive nouns • To write separate and joint possessive forms with two or more nouns
DAILY MAINTENANCE Assign Practice Book page 2, Section 1.6. After students finish, 1. Give immediate feedback. 2. Review concepts as needed. 3. Model the correct answer.
position. Refer back to the WarmUp sentence. Point out that taco’s implies ownership and is incorrect. Ask volunteers to read the definition and examples of possessive nouns. Encourage students to suggest additional possessives for each rule and to write these examples in their notebooks. Have students read aloud the definitions of separate and joint possession. Ask volunteers to write sentences on the board, leaving blanks for the possessive nouns. Have volunteers fill in the blanks with the correct possessive forms.
Pages 4–5 of the Answer Key contain tips for Daily Maintenance.
WARM-UP Write the following on the board:
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PRACTICE EXERCISE 1 After students have completed the exercise, start a chart on the board with the column headings Singular Possessive and Plural Possessive. For each sentence in the exercise, invite a volunteer to write the possessive form of the noun in the correct column of the chart. Ask students how they chose the singular or plural possessive form. EXERCISE 2 Ask volunteers to write one of their sentences on the board and to underline the possessive nouns. Discuss whether the possessive
Possessive Nouns
2 taco’s today for 99¢ A possessive noun expresses possession, or ownership. The sign of the possessive is usually ’s.
Ask students if this sentence is correct. Point out that people sometimes confuse the possessive noun form ’s with the s that follows a plural noun. Ask students to name other examples they have seen on billboards or signs or in advertisements.
To form the singular possessive, add -’s to the singular form of the noun. boy
boy’s
Tommy
Tommy’s
To form the possessive of plural nouns ending in -s, add the apostrophe only. If the plural form of a noun does not end in -s, add -’s. students
students’
women
women’s
teachers
teachers’
children
children’s
The singular possessive of a proper name ending in -s is usually formed by adding -’s.
Read from a piece of writing that the class is currently reading. Emphasize the possessive nouns.
Alexis
Alexis’s
Mrs. Hess
Mrs. Hess’s
To form the plural possessive of a proper noun, first form the plural of the noun and then add an apostrophe. Jones
Joneses’
Adams
Adamses’
The possessive of a compound noun is formed by adding -’s to the end of the term.
TEACH Tell students that possession suggests ownership. Pick up a pencil and say, This pencil is mine. This pencil is my possession. Ask students to say a sentence that identifies the owner of the pencil and lead them to the phrase the teacher’s pencil. Ask a student to write this phrase on the board. Make sure the phrase is written correctly (the teacher’s pencil). Be sure to note whether the apostrophe is in the correct
editor in chief
editor in chief’s
mothers-in-law
mothers-in-law’s
If two or more nouns are used together to indicate separate possession—that is, each person owns something independently— -’s is used after each noun. Beverly Cleary’s and Shel Silverstein’s writings provide wonderful entertainment.
If two or more nouns are used together to indicate joint possession—that is, to show that one thing is owned together— -’s is used after the last noun only. Terri and Shari’s garden is beautiful.
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