Learning Objective: Today we will use correct capitalization.

Capitalization = putting an upper case letter at the beginning of a word

What are we going to use today?

Today we will use correct capitalization.

It is important to use correct capitalization because it makes you a better writer through recognizing that the names of important people, places, and things should be capitalized.

It’s the correct way of writing!

What are other reasons?

What’s wrong with this?

ernie rodriguez

That’s right! It should be capitalized and it should read:

Ernie Rodriguez

When do we capitalize?

• Names of people, characters in a story, pets, months, days, holidays, and particular places:

•Kobe Bryant•Vicente Fernandez•Shrek

•Mr. Urquieta•Rex•Winnie the Pooh

When do we capitalize?

• Names of continents, countries, counties, states, cities, and towns:

•Asia•Mexico•California

•San Francisco•Calaveras County•Catalina Island

When do we capitalize?

• Names of streets, avenues, and highways:

•Sunset Boulevard•Route 1•Sutter Street

When do we capitalize?

• Names of organizations and groups, teams, government bodies, and institutions:

•United Nations•Congress•Los Angeles Dodgers

•West Side Memorial Hospital

When do we capitalize?

• Names of historical events, historical periods, holidays, months, days, and special events:

•Revolutionary War•May•Jurassic Period•Tuesday•Fourth of July

•Pacoima Christmas Parade

When do we capitalize?

• Names of businesses:

•Costco•Target•McDonalds

•Jack in the Box•Food 4 Less

When do we capitalize?

• Names of buildings, bridges, dams, monuments, memorials, and other structures.

•Hoover Dam•Griffith Observatory

•Empire State Building•Golden Gate Bridge

When do we capitalize?

• Names of religions and religious groups:

•Catholic•Christian•Jewish

•Islam•Buddhist

When do we capitalize?

• Names of planets, stars, and other heavenly bodies:

•Venus•Milky Way•North Star

•Big Dipper•Jupiter•Titan

When do we capitalize?

• The title of a person that comes before a name:

•Professor Stanley•Mrs. Fajardo•Mayor Villaraigosa

When do we capitalize?

• The first and all important words in a title:

•The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland•Beauty and the Beast•Charlie and the Chocolate Factory•The Wizard of Oz

When do we capitalize?

• Capitalize the names of nationalities and peoples

•Chinese•African American•Californian•Mexican

Let’s practice!Steps to capitalizing

1. Look at the sentence.2. Identify all the proper nouns in the sentence.3. Correct the sentence by capitalizing

The most famous battle in the west is the battle of little big horn. One

teacher showed us a video about this famous battle that some people call

custer’s last stand.

Little Big Horn.

Custer’s

Let’s practice!Steps to capitalizing

1. Look at the sentence.2. Identify all the proper nouns in the sentence.3. Correct the sentence by capitalizing

The group of Indians we call the sioux refused to live within the boundaries of the Great

sioux reservation. They could not get enough food. They could not follow the buffalo. They could not live their traditional nomadic life. In

addition, white people continued to come into their sacred lands in the black hills.Black Hills.

Sioux

Sioux

Let’s practice!Steps to capitalizing

1. Look at the sentence.2. Identify all the proper nouns in the sentence.3. Correct the sentence by capitalizing

sara jennings was ready to buy a brand new house.

JenningsSara

So what did we learn today?

How to capitalize correctly!!