Apostrophes

We'll start with this: http://www.apostropheabuse.com/.

Why do we use apostrophes? 2 Reasons.

Special note: his, hers, ours, theirs, yours, its.

What ARE the rules? (Everday Writer p. 419-420)

1. The dogs ears were twitching.
2. The dogs ears were twitching.
3. The bus___ doors were open.
4. The bus___ doors were open.
5. The children___  lunches were lost.
6. The pony     ears were back. Lots of pon____?

 Take notes! Practice: Click here. Number 1-20 in your daybook and record your answers (the word with or without the apostrophe and the noun after it). If you make a mistake, record corrections.

Now. IP is a topic. What would be a statement of a problem? "The current patent system is harming innovators more than it is helping them." This is still overly broad and can be narrowed down to a better paper topic. Or not.

In groups, help each other come to statements of possible problems you could write a paper about. Everyone should list the statements your group comes up with in their daybooks.

Homework:

1. For tomorrow, you must have a statement  of a problem (or two) that you are interested in writing this paper about.You will post it in a forum in our class in Moodle.

2. TWFTD:  apostrophe in OED (n. 2).