Capitalization: review

Learning Objectives Correctly capitalize the first word of a sentence and the pronoun 'I'. Identify and capitalize proper nouns, including the names of people, specific places, and holidays. Correctly capitalize the main words in titles of books, movies, and songs. Capitalize family relationship words when used as a name (e.g., Mom, Grandpa). Correctly capitalize the first word in a direct quotation. Proofread a paragraph and correct at least five different types of capitalization errors. Have you ever received a secret code that was hard to read? 🤔 Capital letters are like special signals in our writing that tell the reader something important is starting! In this tutorial, we will review the most important rules for capitalization. Knowing when to use a capital...

TermDefinitionExample Capital LetterThe large or uppercase form of a letter, like A, B, and C, used to begin sentences and for proper nouns.The dog ran. ('T' is the capital letter). Proper NounThe name of a specific person, place, organization, or thing. Proper nouns are always capitalized.Instead of 'girl', we say 'Maria'. Instead of 'city', we say 'Chicago'. Common NounA general name for a person, place, or thing. Common nouns are not capitalized unless they start a sentence.dog, school, holiday, month TitleThe name of a book, movie, song, or story. We capitalize the first, last, and all important words in a title.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Direct QuotationThe exact words someone said, written inside quotation marks. The first...

The 'MINTS' Rule Capitalize M-Months, I-the pronoun 'I', N-Names, T-Titles, and S-Start of sentences. This is a helpful acronym to remember five of the most important capitalization rules all at once. Use it as a checklist when you are proofreading your work. Dialogue and Quotations Rule Capitalize the first word inside quotation marks if it's a complete sentence. When you are writing what a character says, the first word they speak always starts with a capital letter. This shows the reader that a new thought or statement is beginning.