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The Editing Process: Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
What does the editing process consist of for your students? Use this informative site to learn more about editing.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook:capitalization:call Letters of Radio and Television Stations
This page explains that call letters for radio and television stations are always in all capital letters and provides examples.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Capitalization Power Point
A PowerPoint slide reviewing the rules of capitalization and showing how capitalization questions might look on a standardized test.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Basic Elements of English
Sections include parts of speech, sentence elements, punctuation, and word use. Also includes a "brief explanations of common writing errors." The tutorials also include interactive quizzes to check your understanding.
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Georgia Perimeter College: Learning and Tutoring Center: Communications Handouts
This index provides links to educational resources on various English topics. Some topics included are related to punctuation, parts of speech, usage, different types of writing, and analytical questions for various genres of literature.
Quia
Quia: Capitalization: Rags to Riches
This is a capitalization and punctuation game for early readers. Students win gold stars for selecting the correct answers. The game is available in Java or HTML versions.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Capitalization at the Beginning of a Sentence
This page explains the beginning letter of each sentence is always capitalized, even in direct quotes in the middle of sentences. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Seasons When Used in a Title
This page provides rule and examples for the capitalization of the seasons. Seasons, although not generally capitalized, are capitalized in titles like all words are with the exception of articles and prepositions.
TES Global
Tes: When Do We Use Capital Letters? Poster?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Capitalization rules are provided on this visually-appealing poster. Students will find reminders about capitalizing the pronoun I, beginnings of sentences, names, abbreviations, and abbreviations.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Zara's Capital Letter Game: Game 1
Animated learning game where students choose the letter that needs to be capitalized in order to complete Zara's dream picture.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Countries, Nationalities, and Languages
This page explains the rule requiring the capitalization of the names of countries, nationalities, and languages with examples of each.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization
This page reminds the writer to follow capitalization rules including for beginning of sentences, proper nouns, and titles of people and works.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization:titles of Books, Articles, Songs
This page explains the rules for capitalizing titles: In informal writing all words may be capitalized, but in formal writing, articles, conjunctions, and prepositions are NOT capitalized unless they begin a sentence. Examples are provided.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization:first Word After Colon if It Begins a Sentence
This page explains the rules for capitalizing the first word after a colon if it is an independent clause. It also says this rule varies between British and American English and by style format. Examples are provided.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Family Relationships (Used as Proper Names)
This page explains that family relationships such as Mom, Dad, Uncle, and Aunt are capitalized if they are used as names, but are not capitalized if used as common nouns such as my mom, his dad, etc. Examples are provided.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Periods and Events (Not Century Numbers)
This page explains that historical periods and events are capitalized as proper nouns, but centuries are not. Examples are provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization
The slideshow lesson focuses on capitalization including why words are capitalized, general rules for capitalization, and rules and examples for capitalizing titles and proper nouns.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization: Basic Rules
Nine slides introducing the basic rules of capitalization and providing examples of each.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Rules for Capitalization
This video is a lesson on the rules for capitalization. Real Player is required
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Basics of Capitalization
This lesson focuses on capitalization by providing a PDF of the 10 fundamental rules of capitalization and common errors. It also provides two short videos: "Capitalizing Proper Nouns" and "Capitalizing Headings and Titles." Real Player...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Quotations
This video lesson focuses on the rules of capitalization as they apply to quotations.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Quotations
This lesson provides a video and a PowerPoint presentation focusing on when and what to capitalize and not capitalize in direct quotations. Real Player is required.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Sentences
Six slides introducing the rules of using capitalization correctly within sentences. Capitalization rules for sentences with colons and semicolons are also included.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Sentences
This video lesson focuses capitalization in sentences including initial letter, proper nouns, interjections, and conversation fragments. Real Player is required.