Capitalization Rules

Goal: Students will learn capitalization rules
To evaluate student needs, students will take the diagnostic test on pg 637 in the textbook.


Capitalization Rules

A FEW MORE RULES:

-Capitalize geographical names:

Vancouver Island

San Francisco

the Grand Canyon

the South Pacific

-Note: do not capitalize directions that are not part of a regions name:

northern California

-Capitalize the main words and the first word of the titles of articles, books, poems, plays, songs, etc.:

English Structure and Style

The Brothers Karamazov

Stairway to Heaven

Capitalize official names or names of groups or organizations:

Department of Redundancy Department

House of Commons

House of Senate

Republicans

Black Americans

Lutherans

Capitalize personifications:

Because I could not stop for Death —
He kindly stopped for me —

Usually capitalize the first word of each line of poetic verse (see above example).

Chart
http://www.eliterateeducation.com/site/capitalization.htm

TEXTBOOK:
Capitalizing Words in Sentences: pgs 638-639
Capitalizing Proper Nouns 640-643
Capitalizing Proper Adjectives pg 645-648

WORKBOOK:
Ex. 1. pg 163 (Sentences)
Ex. 1 pg 164 (Sentences)
Ex. 1 pg 165 (Proper Nouns, Proper Adjectives)
Ex. 1 Pg 166
Ex 1 and 2 Pg 167 (Cap. for Titles)

Main rules from Purdue Owl: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/592/01/

Ex 1
http://www.mytestbook.com/test_questions.aspx?topics=Grammar%20Capitalization%20and%20Punctuations&subject=LanguageArts&grade=3&test_id=926

Ex 2
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/punctuation_mastery.asp

Ex 3
http://www.mytestbook.com/test_questions.aspx?topics=Grammar%20Capitalization&subject=LanguageArts&grade=3&test_id=776