Mechanics Lesson #42 CCSS.ELA–LITERACY.L. 2

1. Mechanics Lesson #42 CCSS.ELA–LITERACY.L. 2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. How to Teach Capitalization of Proper Noun Names and Characters

2. Capitalize people’s and characters’ names. Also capitalize named places and things. Don’t capitalize articles, conjunctions, and prepositions in the middle of the name, named place, or named thing. • Don’t capitalize words representing these parts of speech when found in the middle of people’s or character names. • Articles (a, an, the) Example: Courage the Cowardly Dog • Conjunctions Example: Punch and Judy • Prepositions Example: St. Francis of Assisi

3. Practice • My dad was a Native-american and his favorite superhero was Batman.

4. Practice • My dad was a Native-american and his favorite superhero was Batman. • Practice Answers • My dad was a Native-American and his favorite superhero was Batman.

5. Writing Application • Write your own sentence using a character’s name including an article.