The apostrophe has two jobs — and one famous trap. An hour-long Year 4 grammar lesson on apostrophes for possession, ages 8 to 9. The lesson covers: contraction and possession; singular and plural owners; tricky plurals like children’s; the its and it’s trap; an Apostrophe Detective correction activity and a sentence-writing challenge with worked examples to fix together; and the famous greengrocer’s apostrophe to make it stick. Ready-to-teach PowerPoint, no prep.
The apostrophe has two jobs — and one famous trap. An hour-long Year 4 grammar lesson on apostrophes for possession, ages 8 to 9. The lesson covers: contraction and possession; singular and plural owners; tricky plurals like children’s; the its and it’s trap; an Apostrophe Detective correction activity and a sentence-writing challenge with worked examples to fix together; and the famous greengrocer’s apostrophe to make it stick. Ready-to-teach PowerPoint, no prep.