Capitalization Punctuation Spelling

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Grades 9-10

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This lesson is for grades 9-10. Today we are going to learn the importance of capitalization, punctuation and spelling words correctly. You want to make sure when sending out your resumes or filling out a job application that your writing looks accurate and professional.

Making sure that the words are capitalized correctly, the sentences are given the appropriate punctuation and all words are spelled correctly, will give you a better chance on getting your resume or application noticed for the right reasons.

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This lesson will fulfill the Common Core Standard below.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

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Todays lesson we are going to cover when to capitalize certain words, we are going to learn how and when to use a comma and a period, lastly, making sure our work is spelled correctly.

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Capitalizing the correct words at the appropriate time is essential in making a document look accurate.

Words to capitalize are as follows:First word of a sentence, proper nouns, titles and proper names. Click next for examples.

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Capitalization

The paper is due on Wednesday. We capitalize the t in the word the because it is the first word in a sentence. We also capitalize the word Wednesday as it is a proper noun. Another example, The book club is reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In a title you would capitalize The, Adventures, Tom and Sawyer. You do not capitalize short prepositions, conjunctions, or articles unless they are the first word of the titleClick the video below for more help.

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Our next step in writing a great resume or job application is punctuation. There are seven punctuations not including the ones you use at the end of your sentence.

They would include comma, colon, semicolon, apostrophe, quotation marks, hyphen and then the end of sentence punctuation including the period, question mark and exclamation point.

The most popular and missed used punctuations are the comma and period. For this lesson we are going to focus on these two.

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Punctuation Using a

comma and period

The most common times a comma is used when there is a list of words in a sentence.

The period is used at the end of a sentence that is a statement or fact.

Examples: My hobbies are knitting, riding my bike, skate boarding and

reading. This semester I am taking writing, speech, math and history. Today the weather is nice. I am going to the movies this weekend. Click the link below for more examples on using commas. http://guffey.cengage.com/newsletter/archives/2005-11/14.html

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Spelling words incorrectly is a very common mistake students make when writing or filling out applications. Spelling a word correctly is essential for the meaning of the sentence.

Let’s look at two words that are spelled two different ways. The word no/know and here/hear. If you use the wrong spelling of the word, you can change the meaning of the sentence. Also, spell check will not pick up the error if you are typing a document. Click the next slide for examples.

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Spelling: Using the correct spelling of words that have

multiple spellings

I no how to use a power lawn mower. You can here the difference between a gas and an electric mower.

The mower is hear. There is know gas to run it right now.

The correct answers:I know how to use a power lawn mower. You can hear the difference between a gas and electric mower. The mower is here. The is no gas to run it right now.

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Today, we have learned about capitalization, punctuation and spelling words correctly. This will be very valuable to you as you fill out your resume, write papers and apply for jobs. Now let’s see what you have learned. If you are ready to take the quiz click on the quiz button, if you want to review the lesson click on the lesson button, if you want to start from the beginning click home

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Choose the correct way to right the sentences in the next three questions. Please use the arrow at the right to complete the quiz, or the lesson button to review the lesson, or the home button to go back to the beginning.

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Question 1

I have three dogs four cats a hamster a fish and a turtle.

A. I have three dogs, four cats a hamster and a turtle.

B. I have three dogs four cats a hamster, and a turtle.

C. I have three dogs, four cats, a hamster, a fish and turtle.

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I have been hear all day. I no going to the store takes time but there is know way it takes five hours. Finally. I here the car coming up the drive.

A. hear, know, here, noB, here, know, no, hearC. hare, know, now, hear

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Question 3

Today is wednesday. We will be reading harry potter and the deadly shadows in book club today.

A. Wednesday, Harry Potter And The deadly Shadows.

B. Wednesday, Harry Potter and The deadly shadows.

C. Wednesday, Harry Potter and the Deadly Shadows.

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You have completed the lesson and the quiz. You have done a great job learning about capitalization, punctuation and spelling. Click the home button to go home ,lesson button for review. To review the credits for this lesson, please select credits.

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Credits

Benne, M.L. (2012) Townson University Online Writing Helphttp://www.towson.edu/ows/capitalization_rules.htmCommon Core Standards (2012) English Language Arts Standards. www.corestandards.org

English Grammar Basic videos (2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbNKKu4RzkcFive Common Comma Rules to Reduce Punctuation Problems (2005) guffey.cengage.com http://guffey.cengage.com/newsletter/archives/2005-11/14.html

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