A poster explaining how to use apostrophes correctly.
Display this educational poster in your classroom to remind your students how to use the apostrophe correctly.
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Apostrophes Poster
Updated: 03 Aug 2020
A poster explaining how to use apostrophes correctly.
Non-Editable: PDF
Years: 3 - 7
Curriculum
VC2E3LA12
Understand that apostrophes signal missing letters in contractions, and how apostrophes are used to show singular and plural possession in regular and irregular nouns <ul> <li>using apostrophes to create contractions; for example, ‘do not’ becomes ‘don’t’, ‘will not’ becomes ‘won’t’ and ‘of the clock’ becomes ‘o’clock’</li> <li>using apostrophes to show singular possession, for example ‘my friend’s book’ and ‘the princess’s shoe’</li> <li>using apostrophes to show plural possession, for example ‘the bees’ hive’ and ‘the princesses’ shoes’</li> <li>using apostrophes to show plural possessions in irregular nouns, for example ‘the children’s shoes’ and ‘the mice’s cheese’</li> </ul>
VC2E5LA09
Understand how to use commas to indicate prepositional phrases, and how to use apostrophes where there is multiple possession in regular and irregular nouns <ul> <li>learning that in Standard Australian English, regular plural nouns ending in ‘s’ form the possessive by adding just the apostrophe, for example ‘the students’ classroom’</li> <li>learning that in Standard Australian English, for proper nouns the regular possessive form is always possible but a variant form without the second ‘s’ is sometimes found, for example ‘James’s house’ or ‘James’ house’</li> <li>learning that when there is more than one owner, the apostrophe is usually used for the last owner in the list, for example ‘the cat and kitten’s bowls’</li> <li>using commas to signal a prepositional phrase, for example ‘On Saturday, before it rained, we went to the beach.’</li> </ul>
EN2-RECOM-01
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-CWT-01
Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-02
Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-03
Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features,sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
ACELA1480
Know that word contractions are a feature of informal language and that apostrophes of contraction are used to signal missing lettersElaborationsrecognising both grammatically accurate and inaccurate usage of the apostrophe in everyday texts such as ...
ACELA1506
Understand how the grammatical category of possessives is signalled through apostrophes and how to use apostrophes with common and proper nounsElaborationslearning that in Standard Australian English regular plural nouns ending in 's' form the po...
Curriculum
VC2E3LA12
Understand that apostrophes signal missing letters in contractions, and how apostrophes are used to show singular and plural possession in regular and irregular nouns <ul> <li>using apostrophes to create contractions; for example, ‘do not’ becomes ‘don’t’, ‘will not’ becomes ‘won’t’ and ‘of the clock’ becomes ‘o’clock’</li> <li>using apostrophes to show singular possession, for example ‘my friend’s book’ and ‘the princess’s shoe’</li> <li>using apostrophes to show plural possession, for example ‘the bees’ hive’ and ‘the princesses’ shoes’</li> <li>using apostrophes to show plural possessions in irregular nouns, for example ‘the children’s shoes’ and ‘the mice’s cheese’</li> </ul>
VC2E5LA09
Understand how to use commas to indicate prepositional phrases, and how to use apostrophes where there is multiple possession in regular and irregular nouns <ul> <li>learning that in Standard Australian English, regular plural nouns ending in ‘s’ form the possessive by adding just the apostrophe, for example ‘the students’ classroom’</li> <li>learning that in Standard Australian English, for proper nouns the regular possessive form is always possible but a variant form without the second ‘s’ is sometimes found, for example ‘James’s house’ or ‘James’ house’</li> <li>learning that when there is more than one owner, the apostrophe is usually used for the last owner in the list, for example ‘the cat and kitten’s bowls’</li> <li>using commas to signal a prepositional phrase, for example ‘On Saturday, before it rained, we went to the beach.’</li> </ul>
EN2-RECOM-01
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-CWT-01
Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-02
Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-03
Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features,sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
ACELA1480
Know that word contractions are a feature of informal language and that apostrophes of contraction are used to signal missing lettersElaborationsrecognising both grammatically accurate and inaccurate usage of the apostrophe in everyday texts such as ...
ACELA1506
Understand how the grammatical category of possessives is signalled through apostrophes and how to use apostrophes with common and proper nounsElaborationslearning that in Standard Australian English regular plural nouns ending in 's' form the po...
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Is there an answer sheet?