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Capitalization. Copy all notes in journals and complete assignments. Capitalizing sentences, quotations, and letter parts. RULE #1. Capitalize the first word of a sentence. P ioneers pushed the American frontier westward. RULE #2. Tyrone said, “ T he pioneers acted very bravely.”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Copy all notes in journals and complete assignments.
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RULE #1Capitalize the first word of a sentence
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Pioneers pushed the American frontier westward.
Capitalizing sentences, quotations, and letter parts
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RULE #2Capitalize the first word of a direct quotation that is a complete sentence.
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Tyrone said, “The pioneers acted very bravely.”
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RULE #3When a quoted sentence is interrupted by explanatory words, such as she said, do not begin the second part of the sentence with a capital
letter.
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“They left their homes,” said Lee, “so they could improve their
lives.”
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RULE #3 continuedWhen the second part of a
quotation is a new sentence, put a period after the interrupting
expression, and begin the second part of the quotation with a
capital letter.
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“Many pioneers went west for the rich farmland,” said Maria.
“They also wanted to build new homes.”
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RULE #4Do not capitalize an indirect
quotation. An indirect quotation does not repeat a person’s exact
words and does not appear in quotation marks. It is often introduced by the word that.
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Tanya read that many pioneers traveled in Conestoga wagons.
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RULE #5Capitalize the first word in the
salutation and closing of a letter. Capitalize the title and name of
the person addressed.
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Dear Mrs. Johnson,
Dear friend,
Yours truly, Sincerely,
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Assignment #1
Refer to your Cornell notes and follow the directions.
In your ILAN on the right side write capitalization review. Write refer to
Cornell Notes # . On the left side create something to
represent each of the 5 rules covered so far.
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Capitalizing people’s names and titles
Rule #1Capitalize the names of people and the initials that stand for
their names.
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Meriwether Lewis
Susan B. Anthony
J. F. Cooper
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Rule #2Capitalize a title or an
abbreviation of a title when it comes before a person’s name or
when it is used instead of a name.
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General Lee Sen. John Glenn
Mrs. Adams
Did Lieutenant Clark say, “Yes, Captain, I’ll go with you’?
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Rule #2 continuedDo not capitalize a title that follows a person’s name or is
used as a common noun.
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Clark himself was later promoted to captain.
Thomas Jefferson, then president, planned the expedition.
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Rule #3Capitalize the names and abbreviations of academic
degrees that follow a person’s name. Capitalize Jr. and Sr.
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M. Katayama, M.D.
Jan Rangel, Ph.D.
Robert Ayers Jr.
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Rule #4Capitalize words that show family relationships when used as titles or as substitutes for a person’s
name.
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In 1960 Father retraced the steps of Lewis and Clark.
He was accompanied by Uncle Bill
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Rule #4 continued
Do not capitalize words that show family relationships when they
follow a possessive noun or pronoun.
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Sharon’s aunt Janet wrote an article about the trip.
Possessive Noun
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Rule #5
Always capitalize the pronoun I.
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Social studies is the subject I like.
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Assignment #2
.Refer to your Cornell notes and follow the directions.In your ILAN on the right side write capitalization review. Write refer to Cornell Notes # . On the left side create something to represent each of the 5 rules covered so far.
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Capitalizing place names
rule #1Capitalize the names of cities, counties, states
countries, and continents.
Houston Orange County
Iowa Japan
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Capitalizing place names
rule #2Capitalize the names of bodies of water and
geographical features.
Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Mexico
Niagara Falls Atlantic Ocean
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Capitalizing place names
rule #3Capitalize the names of sections of the country.
Midwest New England
the Far West
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Capitalizing place names
rule #4Capitalize compass points when they refer to a specific section of
the country.
the West Coast the North
the Southeast
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Capitalizing place names
rule #4 continuedDo not capitalize compass points when they indicate
direction. Los Angeles is south of San
Francisco.
Do not capitalize adjectives derived from words indicating
direction.
easterly wind western Texas
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Capitalizing place names
rule #5 continuedCapitalize the names of streets
and highways.
Monroe Street Route 66Mercury Boulevard
Candy Avenue
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Capitalizing place names
rule #6 continuedCapitalize the names of buildings, bridges, and
monuments.
Chrysler Building Brooklyn Bridge
Washington Monument
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Capitalizing place names
rule #7 continuedCapitalize the names of celestial
bodies.
Pluto North Star
the Milky Way
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ASSIGNMENT #4
Refer to your Cornell notes and follow the directions.
In your ILAN on the right side write capitalization review. Write refer to Cornell
Notes # .
On the left side create something to represent each of the 7 rules covered so
far.
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Capitalizing other proper nouns and adjectives
Rule #1Capitalize the names of clubs, organizations, businesses, institutions, and political parties.
Data Corporation
Boy Scouts
Republican party
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Rule #2Capitalize brand names but not the nouns following them.
Cruncho peanut butter
Spiffy cleaning fluid
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Rule #3Capitalize the names of important historical events, periods of time, and documents Battle of Yorktown
Bronze Age
Bill of Rights
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Rule #4Capitalize names of days of the week, months of the year, and holidays. Do not capitalize names of the seasons. Thursday
April
Memorial Day
summer
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Rule #5Capitalize the first word, the last word, and all important words in the title of a book, play, short story, poem, essay, article, film television series, song, magazine, newspaper, and chapter of a book.
A Wrinkle in Time
“The Raven”
Washington Post
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Rule #6Capitalize the names of ethnic groups, nationalities, and languages.
Asian
German
Spanish
English
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Rule #7Capitalize proper adjectives that are formed from the names of ethnic groups and nationalities.
Asian languages
Italian food
English authors
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Assignment #6
Refer to your Cornell notes and follow the directions.In your ILAN on the right side write capitalization review. Write refer to Cornell Notes # . On the left side create something to represent each of the 7 rules covered so far.