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11/15/13

Greedy Apostrophe: A Cautionary Tale

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jan Carr/Ethan Long
PUBLISHER: Holiday House               
 PUBLICATION DATE: March 1, 2009
GENRE: Concept Book                      
READING LEVEL: 9+ years
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book teaches students the correct usage of an apostrophe. Greedy Apostrophe goes around making his mark in all the wrong places until a student notices his wrong markings and the whole city corrects his mistakes.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Write different sentences on the board and have the students come up and place the correction punctuation marks where needed. Also, place incorrect punctuation marks where they are not need and have the students correct the mistake(s).
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Tachovia Kendrick VSU Teacher Candidate 
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