Possession

Let’s think. Have you heard the word

possession before?
Can you use it in a sentence?
Can you explain the meaning?
 Possession

A possession is an object or thing that

is owned by someone. For example,

The bag is Harriet’s possession.

object owner
 Today, we are learning to:

1 2 3
Identify Possessive Differentiate Identify and apply
Adjectives between
Possessive
Pronouns and
Possessive
Adjectives
Possessive Pronouns
Have a go at
whispering this
tongue twister! QUICK RECAP

Let’s think...

Whose bike? Whose ball?

And how do we know?
 Possession

A possession is an object or thing that

is owned by someone. For example,

The bag is Harriet’s possession.

object owner
 The Teacher’s Apple
Let’s think about possessions while we read this passage.

The Teacher’s Apple

“Oh no! It’s missing!” Miss Mot shrieked. Miss Mot’s desk
was empty. Adam’s eyebrows shot up. He had seen Miss
Mot’s apple there just moments before! The students
searched around the room, they knew Miss Mot’s morning
snack was crucial to her good mood! They searched under
Hera’s messy desk, in Sarah’s full book tray and even in
Harold’s giant bag. It was nowhere to be seen… the students’
despair was clear. Where could the teacher’s apple be?!
 The Teacher’s Apple
Can you answer each question bubble?
Whose
Whose desks? Do you notice a pattern? eyebrows?

The Teacher’s Apple

Whose morning
Whose apple?
snack? “Oh no! It’s missing!” Miss Mot shrieked. Miss Mot’s desk
was empty. Adam’s eyebrows shot up. He had seen Miss
Mot’s apple there just moments before! The students
Whose book searched around the room, they knew Miss Mot’s morning Whose messy
tray? snack was crucial to her good mood! They searched under desk?
Hera’s messy desk, in Sarah’s full book tray and even in
Harold’s giant bag. It was nowhere to be seen… the students’
Whose giant
despair was clear. Where could the teacher’s apple be?!
Whose despair?
bag?
 ANSWER KEY

The Teacher’s Apple

Miss Mot’s and the
Can you answer each question bubble?
Adam’s
children’s desks Do you notice a pattern? eyebrows

The Teacher’s Apple

Miss Mot’s
Miss Mot’s apple
morning snack “Oh no! It’s missing!” Miss Mot shrieked. Miss Mot’s desk
was empty. Adam’s eyebrows shot up. He had seen Miss
Mot’s apple there just moments before! The students
Sarah’s book searched around the room, they knew Miss Mot’s morning Hera’s messy
tray snack was crucial to her good mood! They searched under desk
Hera’s messy desk, in Sarah’s full book tray and even in
Harold’s giant bag. It was nowhere to be seen… the students’
Harold’s giant
despair was clear. Where could the teacher’s apple be?! The teacher’s
bag despair
Possessive Apostrophes

A possessive apostrophe is a
punctuation mark that tells us
who owns an object or thing.
Possessive Apostrophes

Miss Mot’s desk was empty.

In this sentence, the possessive apostrophe

tells us the desk belongs to Miss Mot.
 Singular or Plural?

When we learn about possessive

apostrophes, it’s important we
first check our understanding of
singular and plural nouns.
 Singular or Plural?
Discuss with a partner to sort the objects into singular or plural categories.

Singular Plural
 ANSWER KEY

Singular or Plural?
Check your answers.

Singular Plural
 Knowing where to put possessive
apostrophes can be confusing!

The trick is knowing WHO

possesses the object and then
The Golden following the three Golden Rules.

Rules
 When we have a singular noun owner, for
example, Adam, we add an apostrophe to
the word and an s.

Golden Adam + + s = Adam’s eyebrows

Rule # 1 If the person’s name ends in s, we add an
apostrophe but do not add the extra s, as it
looks a little messy! For example; for the
name James, we would write James’ bag.
 When we have a plural noun owner, for

Golden
example, the students, we add an
apostrophe but do NOT add an extra s.

Rule # 2 the students +

= the students’ despair
 When we have an irregular plural noun

Golden
owner, for example, the children, we add an
apostrophe to the word and an s.

Rule # 3 the children + + s

= the children’s teacher
 Checking our Understanding
Match each sentence to the noun type below.
Can you also add the apostrophe in the correct place?

Singular owner The players ball

Plural owner The mens hats

Irregular plural owner Sarahs pencil

 ANSWER KEY

Checking our Understanding

How did you go?

Singular owner The players ball

Plural owner The mens hats

Irregular plural owner Sarahs pencil

 Let’s Recap

Possessive apostrophes Where the apostrophe goes

tell us who or what owns depends on if the owner is
an object or thing. singular or plural.
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Can you create your own
classroom’s craft area. tongue twister that includes
a possessive apostrophe?
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