San José State University
Possessive Apostrophes
A great review of possesive nouns and how to add apostrophes. Clearly demonstrating where to place the apostrophe for different nouns, the resource also notes some tricky exceptions. Reinforce the concept with a little practice putting...
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Scrutinizing Stand-Ins: Working With Nouns and Pronouns
Use the Schoolhouse Rock episode, "Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla," to introduce a study of pronouns. Learners consider antecedents, cases (nominative, objective and possessive), as well as types of pronouns, and then craft sentences using...
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Possessive Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
An interactive, online worksheet, designed with drop down menus and blank fields, provides 24 pronoun-related exercises for pupils to complete. The resource could be adapted for a paper and pencil exercise. Appropriate for upper...
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What's In a Noun: Grammar and Usage
Nine lessons in a grammar and usage unit provide endless opportunities for drill and practice. Topics include the four types of sentences, subject and predicates, nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, adverbs and prepositions, conjunctions...
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Apostrophe Usage
Helpful as a review activity and a reference sheet for your middle schoolers' binders, this instructional activity clarifies the proper ways to use apostrophes. Indicating that they should be used in three cases ("weird" plurals,...
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What's the Case? - The Three Cases of a Personal Pronoun
In this grammar worksheet, students learn about personal pronouns (subject, object and possessive) in sentence writing. They then answer the 14 questions on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Using Personal Pronouns Correctly
Complete personal pronoun practice activities. Pupils use correct personal pronoun form in sentences the teacher writes on the board. They review the function of a pronoun and the various cases and practice placing personal pronouns by...
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Sing your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan "Belongings"
Students spell and punctuate singular and plural possessive words.
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Personal Pronouns: Putting It All Together
In this personal pronouns worksheet, students fill in 10 fill in the blank answers about personal pronouns and choose which multiple choice pronoun in parentheses correctly completes 8 sentences. Students practice using the pronouns I or...
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TAKS Quiz-Noun Case
In this TAKS quiz worksheet, learners take an online quiz focused on noun case. Quiz may be graded online by clicking a link.
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Speaker, Speaker: Using Pronouns to Show Person
In this pronouns activity, students fill in 12 blanks completing 7 facts about pronouns, read 8 sentences and determine if the underlined pronoun in each sentence is told in first, second or third person.
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Number Please: Singular or Plural Pronouns?
In this pronouns learning exercise, students fill in 4 blanks relating to facts about pronouns, put an S or P next to 10 sentences with underlined pronouns, write 2 sentences, one with a singular pronoun and one with a plural pronoun and...
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Pronouns and Clauses
In this pronouns and clauses instructional activity, students complete a passage using 7 appropriate pronouns, write how many clauses there are in 4 sentences, underline the main clause in each one and write a short story with a...
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Pronouns
Subject, object personal. Possessive, reflexive, indefinite. Everything you want to know about pronouns and their antecedents is contained in a colorful 32-slide presentation.
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Fun With Formatting
Learners investigate the concept of using a word processing program with the intention of improving formatting skills like centering text. They also highlight different text sections and demonstrate how to save changes made to a document...
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Find the Error: Apostrophe
Your emerging editors review a newspaper advertisement and hunt for the single grammatical error included. They identify what kind of mistake it is and circle that from a list of six possibilities. Grammatical errors may include:...
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Whose Voice Do I Hear?
Fifth graders examine the power of voice in writing by completing a story using words following a particular voice. They take simple nursery rhymes, then attempt to put their own voice to a revised version. An interesting lesson on writing!
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Writing with Style: Six Traits of Good Writers
Fourth graders listen as the teacher reads a picture book that emphasized word choice. They discuss words and how word choice impacts a piece of writing. Students view various passages on the overhead, and highlight adjectives and verbs...
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Grammar - Revise Your Symbols
Explore the different symbols of grammar. Middle schoolers write two sentences using different symbols, including asterisks, apostrophes, and ellipses. They also read and answer guided questions.
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Parts of Speech: Articles
Definite (the) and indefinite articles (some/a/an) are the subject of a presentation that details the rules for how these parts of speech are used. It offers clear models and notes the exceptions to the rules as well. Viewers are sure to...
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Spanish Prepositional Pronouns
There are many different types of pronouns used in Spanish for various purposes. If your class has mastered subject pronouns, object pronouns, and reflexive pronouns, perhaps they are ready to learn about prepositional pronouns. You can...
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The End
Learners listen as the teacher reads a story. Pictures are displayed as the teacher reads the story. Students jot down ideas for the story ending, and create an illustration to compliment their story. Student story endings and...
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Grammarly Blog: Possessive Case of Nouns: Rules and Examples
This page expains the rules for forming possessive nouns and provides examples.
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Get It Write: Using the Possessive Case With Gerunds
This site gives a very clear explanation of a gerund and its noun qualities. This resource explains how to use the possessive case with a gerund. A quiz is provided to check understanding of this concept.