Motive Questions

• Are there instances that you get confused

when reading a text—
• say a street sign, a product packaging,
a random social media
post/tweet, or a viral meme?
• What do you think are the most common
causes of confusion in writing?
Pre-Lesson Activity
• Look at the following sample texts, then
identify the reason that causes
confusion in the total understanding of
the text.
1
SPELLING
2
PUNCTUATION
3
CAPITALIZATION
 Properties of a
Well-Written Text:
MECHANICS
Reading and Writing Skills
2nd Semester | SY 2016-2017

Miss Hazel Angelyn E. Tesoro

Teacher III
 Conventions

Mechanic
s

Spelling
Punctuation Rules
Capitalization
SPELLING
Spelling
Always make sure that
you are consistently
using one (1) standard

In the Philippines, we use Philippine

English (the variety of English native to
the Philippines) which is derived from and
which traditionally follows American
English.
American and British English Spelling Variations
Spelling
matters.
 Spelling Practice
• Underline the
word that is
correctly spelled.
Spelling Practice
# A B
1 goverment government
2 careful carefull
3 psychology psycology
4 catagory category
5 parallel parralel
PUNCTUATION
Punctuation
The act of using a
system of symbols
(e.g., comma, period, quotation marks,
question marks, etc.)

Gives structure to and

organizes a text

Guides the reader regarding

how the text should be read
Read the following statements properly
based on the punctuations used.

Please. Please,
Don’t stop! don’t! Stop!
 Punctuation Practice
• Add punctuation
marks to the
following sentences
where needed.
• Use MS Word’s
Track Changes
feature
Punctuation
1. My three favorite foods are pasta pizza and ice
cream
2. I need to call Sonya Tomas Bong and Korina
about the party
3. Karen wants to go to the farm yet her sister Kristy
does not like farms
4. We will go to the grocery store for we are out of
food
5. Baras Rizal is my favorite place to visit
Punctuation
6. The sister told his brother Of course I
will pick you up
7. Today is Monday December 11 2017
8. Im sorry I didnt understand what you
said
9. Unfortunately my favorite flavor of
chips was sold out
Punctuation
matters.
CAPITALIZATION
Capitalization
• The act of writing
the letters in
uppercase
Different Kinds of Type Cases
UPPER CASE - Title Case - the
every character first letter of each
is capitalized word is capitalized

lower case - CamelCase - the first letter

no letters are of each word within a
capitalized compound word is capitalized

Sentence case - the first toGGLe caSe -

letter of the first word in random characters
a sentence is capitalized are capitalized
Sample Words that Need Capitalization
Kinship
Historical
Proper Months Names
Course Content Periods,
Proper Days of followed
Adjective of the Words in a Events,
Nouns
s
the Week
Year Titles by
Title Document
Personal
s
Names
Through
the People
Grandma Looking- Power
Theater Revolution
Alex Canadian Sunday September Glass, and
101 What Alice
Dad Found
There
The 1987
Constitution
Tita
Reading Hazel And I Am
and Telling
Manila Sharonian Friday April
Writing You I’m the
Skills Uncle Not Going Renaissance
Joe
Capitalization
matters.
Capitalization Practice
• Identify the letters that should be
capitalized by underlining them using
the computer’s highlighter tool.
 Capitalization Practice
1. tonight, my friends janet, karen, mike,
tom, and i are going snowboarding.
2. my big brother steve would eat pizza
every day for breakfast if he was allowed
to.
3. i love to eat pancakes with aunt
gemma’s syrup covering them like soup.
Got questions?

Key Takeaways
• Mechanics are conventions that
have to be considered in writing.
Some of these conventions are
• Punctuation
• Capitalization
• Spelling
Activity

S, P, or C

Classify the errors

¼ sheet of paper
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
 2 classifications of errors

8 can be considered
9
10
 2 classifications of errors

11 can be considered
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Bonus Round (no points hahaha)
1. S 11.P
2. C 12.C
3. C 13.S
4. S 14.S
5. S 15.C
6. P 16.S
7. S 17.S
8. P 18.C
9. S 19.S
10.S 20.S
What does your
score tell you?
Hmmm…
Grammar Genius Grammar Guru Grammar Master
20 points 18-19 points 15-17 points

Grammar Hotshot Grammar Ace Grammar Novice

12-14 points 9-11 points 8 points and below
 Analysis
• What are the three (3) components that comprise
mechanics?
• In terms of spelling, which variant of English does
Philippine English adhere to?
• What do you call the symbols used to give
structure to and to organize a text?
• What are two of the type cases emphasized in this
lesson?
Abstraction
• Why do you have to see and learn about the
importance of studying mechanics?
• Why is it important to properly use mechanics?
• Cite some benefits of properly using mechanics.
• As a student
• As a social media user
• As a business owner
• As a job applicant/company employee
5-item Quiz
Quiz
• Prepare 1/8 sheet of paper.
• Write T if the statement is true and
F if it is not.
 Quiz
1. Mechanics are conventions that have to be considered in
driving.
2. Punctuation is the act of using a system of symbols to
give structure to and organize a text.
3. Taglish is the variety of English native to the Philippines.
4. Title case is used when the first letter of each word is
capitalized.
5. Some of the conventions included in mechanics are
punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.