1. capitalization rules
Essential Question:
Why do we use
capitalization in writing
?

2. capitalization rules
Capital letter vs. lower case letter
What are the rules ??

3. capitalization rulesSample capitalization test question. Indicate if the
underlined word needs capital letter or no change is
necessary:
Wanda wouldn’t offer her little brother a
A
Christmas cookie because he ate all of her
B
Halloween candy last october.
C
ANSWERS
A. No change
B. No change
C.Capital letter, October

4. capitalization rules
Capitalize the
first letter of the first
word of a sentence.

5. capitalization rules
capitalize the
pronoun .

6. capitalization rules
Capitalize proper nouns:
o Days of the week
o Months
o Names

7. capitalization rules
Titles before nouns
 Doctor Brent Daigle
 President Barack Obama
 Reverend Sykes

8. capitalization rules
Specific places
 Stevi B’s
 Six Flags
 Acworth Park

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Organizations
 Boy Scouts
 Girl Scouts
 American Red Cross

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Companies
 Coca-Cola
 Starbucks
 McDonald’s

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Product Names
 Trix cereal
 Oreo cookies
 Reese’s peanut butter cups

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Religion
 Catholic
 Methodist
 Christianity
 Muslim

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Languages
 Cajun French
 French
 Spanish
 English

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Nationalities
 American
 African-American
 Hispanic
 Korean

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Holidays
 Independence Day
 Labor Day
 Thanksgiving
 Chanukah

16. capitalization rules
Regions of the county
 the South
 the Northeast
 the West

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Book Titles
 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
 Diary of a Wimpy Kid
 Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale