Formatting titles

Learning Objectives Identify the first and last words in a title. Use a capital letter for the first word of a title. Use a capital letter for the last word of a title. Identify 'important' words (like names of people or things). Identify 'small' words (like a, an, the, in, on). Correctly write a simple book or story title. Spot a mistake in a title's capitalization. Have you ever seen a book with a super special name on the cover? 🤔 Let's learn how to write them! Today, we will learn the secret rules for writing titles. This helps everyone know which words are the most special. It makes our writing look neat and professional! ✍️ Real-World Applications Writing the title for your own story 📝 Making a cover for a class book 🎨 Findin...

TermDefinitionExample TitleA title is the special name of a book, story, or movie. 📖The title of a book could be 'The Happy Lion'. Capital LetterA capital letter is the big version of a letter. 🅰️A is the capital letter. a is the small letter. First WordThis is the very first word you see in the title. 🥇In 'My Fun Toy', the first word is 'My'. Last WordThis is the very last word at the end of the title. 🏁In 'My Fun Toy', the last word is 'Toy'. Important WordsThese are the main words that tell us what the story is about. (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives) 🦸In 'The Big Dog Jumps', the important words are 'Big', 'Dog', and 'Jumps'. Small WordsThese are short joining words that we don't usually capital...

The First Word Rule 🥇 Always capitalize the first word of a title. No matter what the word is, if it's first, it gets a big letter! The Last Word Rule 🏁 Always capitalize the last word of a title. The word at the very end always gets a big letter, too. The Important Words Rule ⭐ Capitalize the important words in the middle. Words like names, action words, and describing words get capital letters. The Small Words Rule 🐜 Do not capitalize small words in the middle. Little words like 'a', 'in', 'of', 'the', 'on' stay lowercase unless they are the first or last word.