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WC 1.4 Capitalization: Use correct capitalization

• Use correct capitalization

• Recognize correct capitalization within text.

January 28, 2013

Dear Kyle,How have you been? Even though you live in New York, I still hope you can make it to California next month. I think you’ll love it out here in the West. When you get here on Sunday, we can go to In-N-Out so you can experience the greatest fast food restaurant in the world. The next day is Memorial Day, so I thought we could go see the movie Lincoln. It’s about the Civil War and I hear Daniel Day Lewis does a great job. Is Grandpa Jack going to come out with you? I know he wants to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. I remember him saying, “You better walk with me over that bridge if I ever come to see you!” I can’t wait for you to get here, hopefully Grandpa will be with you.

Sincerely,

William Squier III

WC 1.4 – Capitalization

Capitalize ALL PROPER NOUNS!

The names of people.

WC 1.4 - Capitalization


The name of a relative when it is used with the person’s name.

Aunt Mary Uncle Jack

Grandpa or Grandpa Bill

Grandma Nancy

WC 1.4 - CapitalizationCapitalize ALL PROPER NOUNS!

1. The names of places2. The names of buildings and monuments

3. The names of vehicles, awards and documents

San Francisco Empire State Building

Ford Ranger

Statue of Liberty Declaration of Independence


The weekdays and the months of the year


Capitalize ALL PROPER NOUNS!Languages

continents, countries, and nationalities



Names of businesses


Historical events and holidays

Common Vs. Proper Nouns

pet shop Pappy’s Plush Pet Place

street Redlands Boulevard

restaurant Burger Planet

library Smiley Library

doctor Dr. Smith

aunt Aunt Mary

uncle Uncle Jack

city San Francisco

Common OR Proper

South Dakota

state

day

Friday

Baton Rouge, Louisanacountry

South Africa

Spanish

Fourth of July

Let’s see what you can do!

Do you know governor jordan of South Dakota?

What word(s) need to be capitalized in the sentence?

I really want to go to a basketball game at the staples center.


On Friday, the class is going to judge judy’s courtroom.


The Austin museum of Nature and Science is a great place!

Which underlined word should the writer correct?

Death valley in California is one of the hottest places in the world.

Which underlined word should the writer correct?

Yesterday, mom told me that Sam's mom and dad were coming to lunch.

Mom told me that Sam’s mom and dad

How should the writer correct the underlined words?

fifty years have passed since world war II ended.

Fifty years have passed since World War II ended.

How should the writer correct this sentence?

“James Forten: Now is Your Time”

• Go to pages 313 – 327 • Find four different capitalized words for

different reasons» (start of a sentence doesn’t count)

Africans pg318 Proper noun: nationality front of strip back of strip