NP9 Possessive Noun + Noun
Intervention Outline
You will need:
A selection of toys/objects
App Settings: Use custom pink word
Intervention steps:
- Use a set of pictures or small figures to which items belong, e.g. Pets: dog – bone, kitten – ball, snake – rock. Name the pets, e.g. Fido, Fluffy and Fran.
- Present a set of sentences related to Fido. Explain that the red word in the oval becomes a pink word when ‘s is added.
Show how this can be used in ovals AND rectangles.
- Repeat with the other pets.
- Act out and create sentences where objects are hidden/found by different people, e.g. “Dad found Fran’s rock” to ensure that the learner associates the ‘s with who the items belongs to and not who found it.
- Practise creating possessive nouns using ‘s and creating sentences using these in both ovals and rectangles.
Repeat the steps above using proper nouns, e.g. Jaden, Meera, Dad, Mum
- At all stages correct SLT’s /own “bad sentences” + self-monitoring tasks.
- Generalise the use of possessive pronouns and nouns using lotto or memory pairs games, e.g. a Simpson’s lotto might include Homer’s beer, Marge’s pearls, Bart’s skateboard.
- Now introduce this pattern:
Show how the fireman becomes a pink word when ‘s is added. There are now 2 pink words in the oval or rectangle.
Repeat with multiple sets of sentences in the above pattern.
- At all stages correct SLT’s /own “bad sentences” + self-monitoring tasks.
- Generalise the use of possessive nouns + nouns using games like Happy Families. Practise asking questions, such as: “Have you got the farmer’s wife?” “Have you got the baker’s son?”
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