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The Flipped Classroom. Capitalization Rules Using your note taking skill, write down the capitalization rules and the examples. Proper Nouns and Adjectives. Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives. n ames of people d ays of the week, months h olidays, holy days
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The Flipped Classroom Capitalization Rules Using your note taking skill, write down the capitalization rules and the examples.
Proper Nouns and Adjectives Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives. • names of people • days of the week, months • holidays, holy days • periods, events in history (Middle Ages) • official Documents (Declaration of Independence) • special Events (The Battle of the Wichitas) • political parties • languages, nationalities, religions
Proper Nouns and Adjectives 9. trade names (The name of the brand not the product) (Wilson volleyball) 10. official titles used with names (Senator Coburn) 11. formal epithets (Alexander the Great) Write the sentence and make corrections to the capitalization mistakes. I went to sooner fashion mall and bought an adidas Football.
Geographical Names Capitalize the specific geographical names. • planets, heavenly bodies • continents (South America) • countries • states, provinces • cities, towns, villages • streets, roads, highways • landforms (the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Scott) • bodies of Water (Lake Ellsworth) • buildings, monuments (Cache High School) • public areas (Times Square)
Sentences in Parentheses Capitalize the first word in a sentence enclosed in parentheses, but do not capitalize the first word if it appears within another sentence. ( A cornet is a kind of small trumpet with a mellower sound). Damien’s aunt (she’s a wild woman) plays bingo.
Sentences Following Colons Capitalize the first word in a complete sentence that follows a colon when you want to emphasize the sentence or the sentence is a quotation. Mother knew what to say: “Your faces will stay that way, or no one will marry you.
Sections of the Country/Certain Religious Words Capitalize the words that indicate a section of the country; do not capitalize words that indicate direction. • Mr. Johnson is from the Southwest. • After traveling south for two days, we made it to our destination. Capitalize nouns that refer to the Supreme Being, the word Bible, the books of the Bible, and the names of other holy books. God, Jehovah, Genesis
Titles Capitalize the first word of a title, the last word, and every word in between except articles (a, an, and the), short prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions. This rule goes with the titles of books, newspapers, magazines, poems, plays, songs, articles, films, works of art, photographs, and stories. Washington Post “When I Was Your Man”
Words Used as Names Capitalize words like father, mother, uncle, and senator when they are used as titles before someone’s name. We missed you, Aunt Lucinda! Organizations Capitalize the names of organizations, associations, or teams. Democratic Party OKC Thunder
Abbreviations/Titles of Courses Capitalize abbreviations of titles/organizations. The CEO of the company is Garth Brooks, M.D. Titles of Courses Capitalize courses that have numbers after them or represent languages. I am taking English II, Computer I, and journalism.