The Flipped Classroom

Capitalization RulesUsing your note taking skill, write down the capitalization rules and the examples.

The Flipped ClassroomProper Nouns and AdjectivesCapitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives.names of peopledays of the week, monthsholidays, holy daysperiods, events in history (Middle Ages)official Documents (Declaration of Independence)special Events (The Battle of the Wichitas)political partieslanguages, nationalities, religions

Proper Nouns and Adjectives9. 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 NamesCapitalize the specific geographical names.planets, heavenly bodiescontinents (South America)countriesstates, provincescities, towns, villagesstreets, roads, highwayslandforms (the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Scott)bodies of Water (Lake Ellsworth)buildings, monuments (Cache High School)public areas (Times Square)Sentences in ParenthesesCapitalize 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).

Damiens aunt (shes a wild woman) plays bingo.Sentences Following ColonsCapitalize the first word in a complete sentence that follows a colon when you want to emphasize the sentenceor 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, theword Bible, the books of the Bible, and the names ofother holy books.

God, Jehovah, Genesis

TitlesCapitalize the first word of a title, the last word, and everyword in between except articles (a, an, and the), shortprepositions, and coordinating conjunctions.

This rule goes with the titles of books, newspapers,magazines, poems, plays, songs, articles, films, works ofart, photographs, and stories.

Washington Post When I Was Your ManWords Used as NamesCapitalize words like father, mother, uncle, and senatorwhen they are used as titles before someones name.

We missed you, Aunt Lucinda!

OrganizationsCapitalize the names of organizations, associations, or teams.Democratic Party OKC Thunder

Abbreviations/Titles of CoursesCapitalize abbreviations of titles/organizations.

The CEO of the company is Garth Brooks, M.D.

Titles of CoursesCapitalize courses that have numbers after them or represent languages.I am taking English II, Computer I, and journalism.