When Should you NOT use an Apostrophe? Year 4 Apostrophes Resource Pack

When Should you NOT use an Apostrophe? Year 4 Resource Pack

Step 3: When Should you NOT use an Apostrophe? Year 4 Resource Pack

When Should you NOT use an Apostrophe? Year 4 Resource Pack includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency and application and reasoning resources. This pack is designed to work alongside our GPS Scheme of Work for Spring Block 1.

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What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • When Should you NOT use an Apostrophe? Year 4 Teaching PowerPoint.
  • When Should you NOT use an Apostrophe? Year 4 Varied Fluency with answers.
  • When Should you NOT use an Apostrophe? Year 4 Application and Reasoning with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

English Year 4: (4G5.8) Indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns

English Year 4: (4G5.8) The grammatical difference between plural and possessive –s

English Year 4: (4G5.8) Apostrophes to mark plural possession [for example, the girl’s name, the girls’ names]

Differentiation:

Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support recognising correct use of apostrophes for contractions where one letter is omitted from one word and apostrophes for possession where the pronoun does not end in -s. Possessive pronouns include its, their, hers.
Expected Questions to support recognising correct use of apostrophes for contractions where one or more letters are omitted from one word and apostrophes for possession where the pronoun can end in -s. Possessive pronouns include theirs, ours, his, mine.
Greater Depth Questions to support recognising correct use of apostrophes for contractions where one or more letters are omitted from multiple words and apostrophes for possession where two pronouns are used (Max and Ruby’s ball). Possessive pronouns include yours singular and yours plural.

Application and Reasoning
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Application)
Developing Rewrite sentences, correcting apostrophe errors. Vocabulary includes noun plurals, contractions (with one letter omitted), possession where the noun doesn’t end in –s and possessive pronouns (‘its’, ‘his’, ‘hers’).
Expected Rewrite sentences, correcting apostrophe errors. Vocabulary includes noun plurals, contractions (with one or more letters omitted), possession where the noun ends in –s and possessive pronouns (‘theirs’, ‘ours’, ‘mine’).
Greater Depth Rewrite sentences, correcting apostrophe errors. Vocabulary includes noun plurals, contractions (with one or more letters omitted from both words), possession where two singular nouns are used and possessive pronouns (‘yours’ singular and plural).

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Reasoning)
Developing Explain correct apostrophe use in a given word. Vocabulary includes noun plurals, contractions (with one letter omitted), possession where the noun doesn’t end in –s and possessive pronouns (‘its’, ‘his’, ‘hers’).
Expected Explain correct apostrophe use in a given word. Vocabulary includes noun plurals, contractions (with one or more letters omitted), possession where the noun ends in –s and possessive pronouns (‘theirs’, ‘ours’, ‘mine’).
Greater Depth Explain correct apostrophe use in a given word. Vocabulary includes noun plurals, contractions (with one or more letters omitted from both words), possession where two singular nouns are used and possessive pronouns (‘yours’ singular and plural).

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning)
Developing Explain incorrect apostrophes. Vocabulary includes noun plurals, contractions (with one letter omitted), possession where the noun doesn’t end in –s and possessive pronouns (‘its’, ‘his’, ‘hers’).
Expected Explain incorrect apostrophes. Vocabulary includes noun plurals, contractions (with one or more letters omitted), possession where the noun ends in –s and possessive pronouns (‘theirs’, ‘ours’, ‘mine’).
Greater Depth Explain incorrect apostrophes. Vocabulary includes noun plurals, contractions (with one or more letters omitted from both words), possession where two singular nouns are used and possessive pronouns (‘yours’ singular and plural).

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