• First word in a sentence

• Proper nouns and adjectives

• Titles of people

• Months of year and days of week

• Names of holidays

• The pronoun "I"

• Regions of country (not directions)

• First word in a quote

• Titles of books and works of art

AHSGE Standard IV - The student will use correct capitalization and punctuation.

Capitalization Lesson
Interactive lesson

Daily Grammar
Lessons on capitalization rules

Capitalization--Direct Quotes
Using capitalization rules in direct quotes
 

Capitalizing Letters Easy activity with explanations

Capitalization PowerPoint Presentation using capitalization rules

University of West Florida  Capitalization Rules

Suggestions for English Language Learners:                   

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)
(B) For non-speaking ESL students, see Language Guide for an on-line picture dictionary with pronunciations for English practice.  See Logos Translator Site or Universal Dictionary for translation resources.
(B) For capitalization, beginning students look through written materials and find as many capitalized words as possible.
(I, T) Intermediate and transitional students then sort the words into lists according to the capitalization rules that apply. 
 

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