Teaching Apostrophes (DVD)

This 15-minute video shows how Jeff Anderson uses playful strategies and mentor text to engage writers in grammar and editing. In the Apostrophe-thon, Jeff's sixth-grade students in San Antonio, Texas search through a mentor text excerpt to find examples of apostrophes and then categorize them as possessives or contractions based on a wall chart the class has compiled. Using real text, the students never fail to come up with some interesting examples such as O'clock and the two meanings of they'd.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
• Number of Disks: 1
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8