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PPT
Curated OER

Punctuation 2: Other than Commas

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Thoroughly cover the nuances of apostrophes, quotation marks, dashes, hyphens, colons, and semi-colons. Intended for higher-level English classes, the examples given pertain to tricky rules and formal language. There are no animations or...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Have You Got...?: Practice With Have Got/Has Got

For Students 4th - 5th
In this possession worksheet, students work with the possession verbs have and has. They fill in blanks in a paragraph, write questions about possessions and correct mistakes in sentences to work on using the correct forms of has and have.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Nouns Test

For Students 3rd - Higher Ed
In this language arts worksheet, students focus on the possessive form of nouns. Students respond to five multiple choice questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Precious Things - Dealing With Loss

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students inquire how to deal with a personal loss. They explore how to deal positively with feelings. Students read stories about individuals who have lost personal possessions. Students rank items in order of preciousness. They...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

School-Home Links: Possession and Apostrophes

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this apostrophe worksheet, students read through several sentences and choose the correct apostrophe word from the box to write on the line. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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Handout
SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Apostrophes

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource looks at the three main uses of apostrophes: to take the place of deleted letters; to show possession; and to show plurals of letters, numbers, symbols, abbreviations and words used as words.
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Article
Other

Possessives

For Students 11th - 12th
This article contains rules about the correct way to incorporate possessives into college writing. A link with downloadable practice exercises is included at the end of the lesson.
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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]