Edit the little marks that change meaning · a small project

Read the complete source: C13 · One owner and missing letters · C14 · Several regular plural owners

Edit the little marks that change meaning · a small project

Small job

Build a flip label with one-owner and several-owner phrases. Include a contraction flap showing the complete words, so a reader can test the mark’s job.

Make and try

1. Read or hear both complete matched sources. Choose one of their readers, character views or practical jobs.

2. Build a flip label with one-owner and several-owner phrases. Include a contraction flap showing the complete words, so a reader can test the mark’s job.

3. Make a small first version using the day's child direction: ‘What does the sentence mean? Put the mark where it helps show that meaning.’

4. Try it with a willing reader, or use the supplied reader question/answer. Record which was used. Nobody has to interview or perform publicly.

5. Choose one useful change or explain one part you keep. Put the source note and any adult help beside the work.

Another option

Use the other complete matched source for a second version after introducing it; compare reader fit rather than page count.

Time

20–40 minutes across sittings, unpiloted; ordinary teaching and feedback, not a scored assignment.

What this can show

Notice whether the apostrophe’s position fits the supplied meaning and whether the child distinguishes contraction from possession. A copied final model is not an unseen first response.