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Lesson 1.8: Plurals & Possessives Print Lesson

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Easy-to-use, rigorous curriculum for teaching your gifted child to form plural and possessive words.

Teach your child how to form and edit all manner of plurals and possessive words. Lesson 1.8: Plurals & Possessives introduces kids to plural and possessive nouns and pronouns while continuing their work on fiction writing and poetry. Our lessons combine original writing challenges, editing challenges, and multiple-choice questions that tease their powerful brains. We minimize repetition and draw on the deep wisdom of cats.

Included in this booklet:

✔️ 1 fun video lesson
✔️ 4 fun and age-appropriate assignments to practice and build on the skill
✔️ End of lesson quiz
✔️ Answer key: Robust explanations of the answers plus tips for assessing your child’s original writing

When you purchase this lesson, you’ll receive an email with a PDF booklet to download.

Length: 60 pages

Easy-to-use, rigorous curriculum for teaching your gifted child to form plural and possessive words.

Teach your child how to form and edit all manner of plurals and possessive words. Lesson 1.8: Plurals & Possessives introduces kids to plural and possessive nouns and pronouns while continuing their work on fiction writing and poetry. Our lessons combine original writing challenges, editing challenges, and multiple-choice questions that tease their powerful brains. We minimize repetition and draw on the deep wisdom of cats.

Included in this booklet:

✔️ 1 fun video lesson
✔️ 4 fun and age-appropriate assignments to practice and build on the skill
✔️ End of lesson quiz
✔️ Answer key: Robust explanations of the answers plus tips for assessing your child’s original writing

When you purchase this lesson, you’ll receive an email with a PDF booklet to download.

Length: 60 pages

Skills in focus:

Plurals

  • Common nouns

    • Default —> add -s

    • Ends in a vowel + y —> add -s

    • Ends in a consonant + y —> remove the y and add -ies

    • Ends in a consonant + o —> add -es*

    • Ends in s, x, ch, sh, h, or z —> add -es*

    • Ends in f or fe —> remove the f/fe and add -ves*

      * Memorize words that defy the rules above

  • Proper nouns

    • Same rules as above except …

    • End in -y —> add -s

Possessives

  • Common nouns

  • Singular and doesn’t end in -ess —> add ’s

  • Plural and doesn’t end in -s —> add ’s

  • Plural and ends in -s —> add ’

  • Proper nouns

    • Singular words —> add ’s

    • Plural —> add ’

  • Awkward Sentences. Avoid words that sound awkward by rewriting the sentence to a simpler sentence.

  • Meaning. Whatever you do, be thoughtful about how your choices impact the meaning of your text.