Capitalization Rules

capitalization rules

Essential Question: Why do we use capitalization and punctuation in writing ?

capitalization rulesCapital letter vs. lower case letter

What are the rules ??

capitalization rulesSample capitalization test question: Wanda wouldn’t offer her little brother a AChristmas cookie because he ate all of her BHalloween candy last october. CA. BrotherB. CookieC. OctoberD. No change is necessary.


Capitalize the

first letter of the first word of a sentence.

capitalization ruleseach student likes to earn their reward for the class party.

capitalization rulescapitalize the

pronoun I.

capitalization rulesDr. Daigle thinks that i should go to college at LSU.

capitalization rulesCapitalize proper nouns: o Days of the weeko Monthso Names

capitalization rulestoday is monday, october 31, 2011 – which is also known as halloween.

capitalization rulesTitles before nouns

Doctor Brent Daigle President Barack Obama Reverend Sykes

capitalization rulesSpecific places

Stevi B’s Six Flags Acworth Park

capitalization rulesOrganizations

Boy Scouts Girl Scouts American Red Cross

capitalization rulesCompanies

Coca-Cola Starbucks McDonald’s

capitalization rulesProduct Names

Trix cereal Oreo cookies Reese’s peanut butter cups

capitalization rulesReligion

Catholic Methodist Christianity Muslim

capitalization rulesLanguages

Cajun French French Spanish English

capitalization rulesNationalities

American African-American Hispanic Korean

capitalization rulesHolidays

Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Chanukah

capitalization rulesRegions of the county

the South the Northeast the West

capitalization rulesBook Titles

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Diary of a Wimpy Kid Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

capitalization rulesExample sentences

my father is arriving from louisiana next week.


will you pick him up at the airport in atlanta?


he will bring me an lsu shirt, mug, and key ring.


i want to go to the railroad museum but tiffany does not want to join me.


i went to the high museum of art in atlanta, ga. to see paintings by picasso, degas, and matisse.


each sunday i attend mass at st. ann catholic church in marietta, ga.


I can speak english, spanish, and french.


mrs. henry gives us hershey candy bars as a reward for good behavior.


ASSESSMENT

Education

Capitalization Rules