Possessive

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• Possessive
• Nouns

• ELA5C1
• Uses and identifies the eight parts of
  speech(e.g., noun, pronoun, verb, adverb,
  adjective, conjunction, preposition,
  interjection)
• Uses and identifies correct mechanics and correct
  sentence structure.
• Uses additional knowledge of correct mechanics,
  correct sentence structure and correct Standard
  English spelling when writing, revising, and
  editing.

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• Words that show ownership are called possessive
  nouns.
• A noun is possessive if a phrase can be changed
  to say that an item or idea belongs to someone
  else.
• Example The paintbrush that belonged
  to the artist was
  lost.
• The artists paintbrush was
  lost.

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Noun Possessive
Pam Pams cat
cat the cats tail
Sam Sams knee

• Possessive nouns are used to show that someone
  owns something.
• An apostrophe (') is used to show the ownership.

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• Rule
• To show the possessive of singular nouns add 's.
  
• Examples 
• Fluffy Fluffys tail
• Sally Sallys recipe
• the man the mans hat
• the teacher the teachers
  pencil

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• The possessive form can also show an feature or
  characteristic.
• Examples 
• river rivers edge
• train trains wheels
• sun suns heat

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Activities

• Singular Possessive Nouns http//www.wisc-online.c
  om/objects/index_tj.asp?objIDWCN6702

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Possessive Nouns Rules 1-2

• Rules
• To show possession of singular nouns add 's. 
• To show possession of plural nouns ending in s
  add an apostrophe (').Examplesrunners gt
  runners' shoes
• cows gt cows' meal
• trees gt trees' apples 

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Possessive Nouns Rule 3

• To show possession of plural nouns NOT ending in
  s add an apostrophe and a s (s).

teeth gt teeths fillings
children gt childrens food
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Plural Possessives

• If the plural ends in s just add an
  apostrophe. If the plural does not end in s add
  an apostrophe and an s.

1 person 1 item 2 people 2 items
the boys jacket the boys jackets
my parents car my parents cars
my bosss hat my bosses hats
the womans dress the womens dresses
the childs toy the childrens toys
the passerbys glance the passersbys glances
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• the kids bike(I kid, 1 bike)
• the kids bike(2 kids, 1 bike)
• the kids bikes(2 kids, 2 bikes)

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Activities

• Possessive Noun Play (Two Player Tic Tac Toe)
• Quiz http//www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/stonebrin
  k/ESL012/possessives/turtlemc3quiz.swf
• Exploring for Possessives
• http//www.harcourtschool.com/activity/exploring_p
  ossessives/index.html

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Activities

• Possessives (Slideshow with activities)
  http//www.topel.com/pdf_files/1-12-09/possessives
  .swf?TRK0
• Skill Builder (Type in the possessive word)
  http//www.wisc-online.com/objects/WCN6602/WCN6602
  .swf
• Grammar Gold Quiz
• http//www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_ar
  ts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g3c10/nadia.
  htm

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SmartBoard Activity

• Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns.notebook

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United Streaming

• Students learn about nouns and how they can
  change to show ownership or possession clip
  shows examples of possessive nouns, both singular
  and plural.http//player.discoveryeducation.com/
  index.cfm?guidAssetIdE5E43D87-1DB0-4F1E-A22F-6392
  D0C8F29EblnFromSearch1productcodeUS

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Brain Pop

• http//www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/nouns/