Capital Letters By: Katie, Alex, Jack, Julia, Sydney, Ryan

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR… -the first word in a sentence -the first word in a direct quotation -and usually the first word of lines in poetry and songs I was playing at Chuck E. Cheeses on the weekend. She said, “Go over there!” “Oh na na, what’s my name?”

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR… -proper nouns and proper adjectives -names of people, groups, buildings, particular places, months, and holidays Obama ate mini cheeseburgers at Steak n’ Shake. Jesus Christ was born on Christmas day.

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR… -a title when it precedes a person’s name Senator Alex Wood walked across the Sahara Desert with a camel named Bob.

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR… -north, south, west, east when they refer to sections of the country North America has better hot dogs than South America.

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR… -the names of deities and sacred books The priest was reading the Bible to the little children.

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR… -the principal words in titles and works (but not in the articles a, an, and the.) The book Romeo and Juliet is very good.

USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR… -abbreviations of words Dr. Alex just performed brain surgery on a goat named Babaganoosh. Babaganoosh.

DO NOT CAPITALIZE… -the names of subjects unless they come from proper names ex. math, science. I know how to speak Spanish.

EXAMPLES: julia is very happy and excited right now.

EXAMPLES: president george washington was a very good president.

EXAMPLES: north georgia has more mountains than south georgia.

EXAMPLES: the play a mid-summer night’s dream was written by william shakespeare.

EXAMPLES: mrs. mckenna is the best teacher in the world!

The end.The end.