Where Should Capital Letters Go?

Content Objective: Students will be able to edit and

create new writing that uses correct capitalization for
start of sentences and proper nouns.

Language Objective: Students will be able to identify

proper nouns in order to capitalize them in writing.

Students will be able to identify capitalization errors

in writing to make corrections.
 Building Background
What are capital letters?

Where do we see capital letters?

**My friend Tom and I went to Central Park to

walk my dog.
 Building Background
-What is capitalization?

-What are proper nouns?

 Vocabulary - Capitalization
Capitalization means using capital, or upper-case,
letters. Capitalization usually only happens for
the first letter of certain words.
**Which words in this sentence have a capitalized letter?

-Which letters in that word are capitalized?

This Friday, Tony and I are going to Target to buy

skateboards.
 Vocabulary - Proper Nouns
Proper Nouns are the names of specific people, places, or
things. We also capitalize days of the week, months of the year,
and holidays.

Common Nouns Proper Nouns

teacher Ms. Zaimis

car Ferrari

holiday Thanksgiving

videogame Fortnite

city Los Angeles

** With your partner come up with at least 5 more examples of

proper nouns.
When do we capitalize?
 Beginning of Sentence
Whenever you start a new sentence, you must capitalize
the first letter of the first word.

the bird uses its wings to fly.

 Practice with your partner.

the boy went to the park. he wanted to go

down the slide. the sun made the metal slide
too hot so he went on the swings instead.
 Proper Nouns
Remember: Proper Nouns are the names of specific
people, places, or things. We also capitalize days of
the week, months of the year, and holidays.

All proper nouns need capital letters.

Today is a beautiful day friday morning in october. I

think I will take my toyota corolla to drive and visit

my friend kate.
 Practice with your partner.

Living in new york city is amazing. I especially

love october because of halloween. I am going to

go to six flags with my friend brandon.

 Personal Pronoun ¨I¨
When we write about ourselves we use the personal
pronoun “I”

The personal pronoun “I” should always be capitalized.

When i go to the movies, i always buy popcorn.

 Practice with your partner.

i went to the doctor because i was having trouble

seeing. The doctor told me that i need to wear

glasses.
 Vocabulary Review
Capitalization means using capital, or upper-case,
letters. Capitalization usually only happens for
the first letter of certain words.

Proper Nouns are the names of specific people,

places, or things. We also capitalize days of the
week, months of the year, and holidays.
 Practice with your partner.
my brother angelos’s birthday is in january and i want to

buy him something nice. i am thinking of buying him a

nintendo switch. he also really wants to visit florida.

what should i do?

“The ___(letter) needed to be capitalized because _________.”

…it is at the start of a sentence
…it is the first letter of a proper noun
…it is the personal pronoun “I”
 Apply
On the back of your
worksheet, write a short
personal narrative about
a location you have
visited. Make sure to
capitalize correctly.