CAPITALIZATION

B Y: A R E L I R O D R I G U E Z , E S T E FA N Y G A R C I A , A S H L E Y
R O D R I G U E Z , A D E I A G R A N T, J O S E O R T I Z , J I A T H O M A S ,
ELIZABETH SPRAIN
CLASS SCHEDULE
Warm up directions:
Copy the sentence and correct capitalization errors as best
as you can
Begin lesson
Go over practice
Quiz
WARM UP
can your mother speak good english?
she asked, do you like german food?
pirates of the caribbean, he said, is my favorite film.
my friend was born on the 25 of december 1999. she doesnt
like having her birthday on christmas day.
my father brought me back a beautiful carved indian
elephant from his business trip from asia last week.
WARM UP: CORRECTION
Can your mother speak good English?
She asked, Do you like German food?
Pirates of the Caribbean, he said, is my favorite film.
My friend was born on the 25 of December 1999. She doesnt
like having her birthday on Christmas Day.
My father brought me back a beautiful carved Indian elephant
from his business trip from Asia last week.
 LESSON:
CAPITALIZATION
RULES
 CAPITALIZATION: 1 RULE ST

Capitalize the first word of a sentence

CAPITALIZATION: 2 ND RULE
Proper nouns
Names of relatives (to indicate
family relationship) when used
with name

Names of relatives when used as proper name

 CAPITALIZATION: 3 RD RULE
TITLES
preceding a name
EXCEPTION- Do not capitalize titles that follow names.

EXCEPTION- Do not capitalize titles used as general

words.
CAPITALIZATION: 3 RD RULE CONT.
Capitalize very high ranking government
officials' titles even when not followed by
a name or used in direct addresswhen a
specific individual is referred to. Capitalize important words in compound titles used with
names, but do not capitalize prefixes or suffixes added
Example: They attended inauguration of to the titles.
the President of the United States
If no specific individual is referred to, do
not capitalize titles of even very high
ranking government officials
Example: Americans known that a
president must be 35 years old to run for
office.
CAPITALIZATION: 4 TH RULE
Major words in titles of books,
articles, and songs

EXCEPTION- Do not capitalize short prepositions,

conjunctions, or articles unless they are the first word of
the title
CAPITALIZATION: 5 TH RULE
Names of God, specific deities,
religious figures, and holy books

EXCEPTION- Do not capitalize the non-specific use of

the word god.
CAPITALIZATION: 6 TH RULE
the first word in a sentence that is
a direct quote, even if the direct
quote comes in the middle of a
sentence the first word of a sentence following a colon

EXCEPTION- Do not capitalize the first word of a list

following a colon if the list is not a complete sentence.
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