Correct Capitalization
Before we get started, watch this video:
Review this website to find out exactly when we need to capitalize something:
http://www.towson.edu/ows/capitalization_rules.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/capitalization_rules.htm
> Do capitalize a word when it...
When in doubt, leave it out!
Adopted from http://www.lincoln.edu/mhs/owl/capitalization.html
- Starts a sentence
- Names a specific person, place or thing (proper noun or adjective)
- Gives a person's title connected to that person's name
- Is a major word of a document title
- Is the pronoun I
When in doubt, leave it out!
Adopted from http://www.lincoln.edu/mhs/owl/capitalization.html
> Do NOT capitalize...
- Major words of a book or article title within an APA reference list, except for the first word of the title and the first word after a colon (subtitle)
- the seasons of the year (spring, summer, winter, fall)
- general academic subjects (math, biology, ethics, systems)
- kinship terms (my mother, her father, his cousins)
- job titles used alone (Have you finished that report for the director?)
Let's try a game and test your skills:
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=kderittecapitals
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=kderittecapitals
Continue practicing your skills by clicking here:
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/g/capitalizationp.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/g/capitalizationp.cfm
Finally, take this quiz and show of the skills you've learned so far:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/par_numberless_quiz.pl/caps_quiz.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/par_numberless_quiz.pl/caps_quiz.htm
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2a Use correct capitalization.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2a Use correct capitalization.