English: Friday , May 10, 2013

1. English: Friday, May 10, 2013 Handouts: * Grammar #69 & #70 (Capitalizing Other Proper Nouns and Adjectives, #1 & #2) Homework: * Grammar #69 & #70 (Capitalizing Other Proper Nouns and Adjectives, #1 & #2)Due Monday, May 13(no late work) * Study for Grammar Unit 11 Test on Capitalization Test is next Friday, May 17 Assignments due: * Grammar #67 & #68 (Capitalizing Names of Places, Parts 1 & 2)

2. Lesson Goal: Learn about capitalizing other proper nouns and adjectives. Outcomes: Be able to . . . Distinguish between proper nouns and adjectives versus common nouns and adjectives. Identify proper nouns and adjectives and apply capitals to them. Identify the names of clubs, organizations, businesses, institutions, and political parties and apply capital letters to those names. Identify brand names and apply capitals to them but not to the nouns that follow them. Identify the names of important historical events and significant time periods and apply capital letters to those names. Identify the names of days of the week, months, and holidays and apply capital letters to them. Identify seasons and apply lower case to the names of those seasons.

3. Starter #1: Previously we learned aboutcapitalizing names of places. Capitalize names of cities, counties, states, countries, continents, and geographical features such as mountains and rivers and sections of a country: Mount Vernon Westchester County New Jersey EthiopiaAfricaIndian Ocean the Grand Canyon Bering Strait OlentangyRiver Bay of Bengal Cape of Good Hope Ohio River Valley Mount Everest the Northwest New England

4. Starter #2:Capitalize the names of streets and highways as well as the names of specific buildings, bridges, and monuments. Why? They are considered names. River Forest Boulevard Avenue of the Americas Pulaski Skyway World Trade Towers Golden Gate Bridge Lincoln Memorial Do NOT capitalize words like city, state, mountain, river, street, and bridge if they are NOT part of a specific name. On our trip we drove through ten states and five major cities, but we did not see any mountains. Turn left at the next street, and take the bridge over the river.

5. Starter #3: Two more rules . . . Capitalize compass points when they refer to a specific section of a country but NOT when they simply indicate direction. Also, do NOT capitalize adjectives formed from words showing direction. the West Coast the Southeast north of Atlanta southern exposure Capitalize the names of specific places but NOT the articles (a, an, the) or prepositions that are part of geographical names. Tucson, Arizona the West Indies the United States of America

6. Starter #4: Today we will cover our last six rules for capitalization. . . . Capitalize proper nouns and adjectives but not common nouns and adjectives. Mark Klees a punctuation mark New York City a city in New York Capitalize the names of clubs, organizations, businesses, institutions, and political parties. Also capitalize brand names but not the nouns that follow them. the Rotary Club Girl Scouts of America Imperial Products, Inc. Rockefeller Foundation the Republican party Spinoff yarn

7. Starter #5: Remember to . . . Capitalize the names of important historical events and significant time periods. the Civil War the Ice Age summer Capitalize the days of the week, months of the year, and holidays, but do NOT capitalize seasons. Saturday Augustthe Fourth of July

8. Starter #6: The final two rules are . . . Capitalize the first word, the last word, and all important words in titles. Charlotte’s WebRomeo and Juliet “The Ransom of Red Chief” “Old King Cole” Gone with the WindSesame Street National Geographicthe New York TimesChapter 7 Capitalize the names of ethnic groups, nationalities, and languages as well as proper adjectives formed from these names. Mexican Americans the Slavic countries speaking Portuguese Italian food