This was a back to basic lesson, doing work on apostrophes, picking up on some common errors in our writing thus far. Not much to report, really - apart from the fact that everyone seemed to have gotten the hang of them by the end.
When are they used?
1. POSSESSION AND 2. OMISSION!
1 = Scott's dairy (the diary Scott possesses...)
2 = I can't go on! (the 'n-o' has been omitted from cannot and replaced by an apostrophe...)
Do we ever put an apostrophe before the 's' of plurals?
NEVER!
Do we ever put an apostrophe in 'its' when we are talking about possession?
NEVER! Only use an apostrophe when it's 'it is.' Yeah?
Oh, also - some pupils were still a bit cold. Was it all the talk of the South pole? Or maybe the heating had gone.
Don't worry, I'm still learning. The 'a' from 'I am' has been omitted and replaced with an apostrophe. See? Who says we need to take our coats off in school...
Bonus prize: Can you tell which pupil is under wraps? Credit for the first correct answer put as a comment to this post.
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