Capitalization Rules1. Capitalize the names of:

organizations National Junior Honors SocietyHaltom City Chamber of CommerceStudent Council

Nationalities and Languages: Chinese, Guatemalan

2. Abbreviations (a shortened form of a word or phrase)

Austin, TXRev. Martin Luther King Jr.Mrs. Meinke, Mr. Odum, Ms. Newhouse

Capitalization Rules3. Acronyms (an abbreviation that takes one or

more letters from each word)NASA NRMS CHAMP Serena

Sanchez, M.D.

4. InitialsE.B. White T.A. Meinke George W. Bush

5. In dialogue, the first letter of a sentence is capitalized.

“I’m ready,” Tamika said. “Let’s go win this race!”

HOWEVER, If a sentence is continued in dialogue, it is lower-

cased. “I’m ready,” Tamika said, “to win this

race!”

Sentence Scavenger HuntNumber your journal #1-10 (skip lines,

please!)Choose a sentence to stand at around the

room. Write that sentence down in your journal

(Notes section). Make sure to correct all capitalization and punctuation errors as you are writing.

Work quickly so you can write down ALL the sentences!!

You will be graded and for every sentence NOT corrected, you will lose 10 points! (You should be WORKING not talking.)

NOTES

Capitalization Rules1. Capitalize the names of:

_________________________ National Junior Honors SocietyHaltom City Chamber of CommerceStudent Council

Nationalities and Languages: Chinese, Guatemalan

2. ____________________ (a shortened form of a word or phrase)

Austin, TXRev. Martin Luther King Jr.Mrs. Meinke, Mr. Odum, Ms. Newhouse

Capitalization Rules3. _________________________ (an abbreviation that

takes one or more letters from each word)NASA NRMS CHAMP Serena

Sanchez, M.D.

4. ____________________________E.B. White T.A. Meinke George W. Bush

5. In dialogue, _________________________ is capitalized.

“I’m ready,” Tamika said. “Let’s go win this race!”

HOWEVER, If a sentence is continued in dialogue, it is

__________________.

“I’m ready,” Tamika said, “to win this race!”