The document is notes from a 7th grade language arts class that discusses grammar lessons and assignments. It includes a lesson on using apostrophes to form possessives and contractions. The lesson covers adding 's to form singular possessives, just an apostrophe s' for plural nouns ending in s, and 's for plurals not ending in s. It also discusses not confusing possessive pronouns with contractions. Examples are provided and students are asked to rewrite phrases correctly using possessives.

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7th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
1. IR
2. Grammar
Assignments:
-Grammar Lesson 7 (TH)
-Comment on 2 students' responses (F)
-Vocab Writing (F)
-Rough Draft of Cause-and-effect essay (F)
-Grammar Test (M)
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Chapter 11, Lesson 7: Apostrophes
Apostrophes in possessives: Use an apostrophe to form a
possessive of any noun
Singular- add 's to all singular nouns (Lilly's pens; Davis's)
Plurals that end in s- add just an apostrophe s'
(the students' classroom)
Plurals that do not end in s- add 's (the men's conversation)
Apostrophes in Contractions:
I am = I'm
You are = you're
was not = wasn't
***Don't confuse contractions with possessive pronouns,
which do not contain apostrophes***
it's = it is or it has
its = belonging to it: its claws
Apostrophes in Plurals: use an apostrophe and s to form the plural
of a letter, a numeral, or a word referred to as a word
-Dot your i's
-Christian scored 9's and 10's in competition
-Replace some of your said's with stronger verbs
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One person's code is anothers challenge. Cryptanalyst's are people who break codes.
They're most important clue is how often certain letters and word's appear. In
English, es and ts occur most often, and the is the most common word. Code
breakers first goal is to identify these frequently occurring letters. Then theyll start to
figure out the words the letters appear in. Once they know what the code uses to
mean e and t, theyre able to find the word the. Then they'll know what the code uses
for h. Its a hard job, but it's rewards are many.
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Rewrite the following phrases to correctly include possessives.
Take the car that belongs to you.
-Take your car.
Go to the house owned by Janus.
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for the party that belongs to Marty
Bring the gift belonging to the class.
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at the end of the day
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