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Activity
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 1

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice apostrophe usage by deciding if the apostrophe in each of these 20 sentences is used correctly.
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Activity
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 2

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice apostrophe usage by deciding if the apostrophes in each of these 20 sentences are used correctly.
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Activity
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 3

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice apostrophe usage by deciding if the apostrophes in each of these 20 sentences are used correctly.
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Activity
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 4

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice apostrophe usage typing the possessive word that replaces the underlined phrase in each of 20 sentences.
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Activity
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 5

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice apostrophe usage typing the possessive word that replaces the underlined phrase in each of 20 sentences.
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Handout
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Rules for Finding and Fixing Apostrophe Errors

For Students 6th - 8th
Rules and examples to demonstrate proper use of apostrophes to show possession, form contractions, and make irregular plurals.
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Handout
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Possessive Pronoun

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a possessive pronoun in the context of a sentence.
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Better English Lessons

Better English Lessons: Apostrophe S Matching Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz over the use of apostrophes.
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Handout
Other

Illinois State University: Punctuation Made Simple

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief tutorial on how to use some of the most confusing punctuation marks: colon, semicolon, comma, dash, and the apostrophe.
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Other

Project l.a.: Possessive Nouns

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Designed for elementary students, this Internet viewable slide show explains how to form possessives, then provides practice sentences. At the end are links to an online practice quiz and a printable worksheet.
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Handout
Other

Tidewater Community College Writing Center: Practical Punctuation Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains practical and useful information about the following: commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, parentheses and brackets, ellipsis points, quotation marks, and apostrophes. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
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Handout
Other

Bellevue Community College: Apostrophes [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource explains the three uses of the apostrophe and provides examples. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Apostrophe Use Exercise 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Apostrophes.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Apostrophe Use Exercise 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Apostrophes.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Grace's Blend

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This fourteen-part learning module provides assorted activities for nouns. This blendspace provides reproducible resources, including video lessons and worksheets, for possessive nouns, plural nouns, possessive nouns, concrete nouns, and...
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Handout
University of Ottawa (Canada)

U of Ottawa Hyper Grammar: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th
Writing center tutorial for how to correctly use various types of punctuation, including the apostrophe in contractions, possessives, and pronouns.
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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: 15 Shocking Student Writing Fails (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th
This infographic is provided to help alert students about common writing mistakes. The following types of errors are discussed: commas, verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, apostrophes, pronouns, and prepositions.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Apostrophe Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the rules for the uses and misuses of the apostrophe including contractions and omissions, possessive nouns, possessive pronouns, how to write joint possession, plurals, apostrophes with surrounding punctuation, and...
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Possessive Case of Nouns: Rules and Examples

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page expains the rules for forming possessive nouns and provides examples.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apostrophes: Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
In this slideshow tutorial, the punctuation topic of "the apostrophe" is reviewed. Each slide provides a different purpose for using an apostrophe.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apostrophes and Contractions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on apostrophes and contractions; it defines contractions and discusses how they are formed by using the apostrophe to replace the missing letters. It provides a list of common contractions and the words they stand...
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Grammar: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on the roles of all of the punctuation marks; it provides a video, small practices in various sections, and a punctuation self-check.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Apostrophes

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson has twenty items to test your understanding of apostrophes. Print the exercise and punctuate correctly. Answers are provided at the end of the exercise, along with an online handout on the rules for using apostrophes.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Possessives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on recognizing and demonstrating the standard use of apostrophes when using both singular and plural. It also provides a practice exercise.