Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Sentences
Seven slides reviewing proper capitalization in sentences including at the beginning of a sentence, in quotations, with semicolons, and with colons.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Sentences
This video lesson focuses on the use of capital letters in sentences including the following: after a colon, after a semicolon, titles, and lower case proper nouns at the beginning of sentences (eg. iPod). She also offers a memory trick...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Titles
This slideshow provides the reasons and rules for capitalizing titles and shows examples.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Titles
This lesson focuses on capitalization in titles; it includes general information about capitalizing titles, information about long works such as books and movies, and short works such as poems and songs. Real Player is required.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Titles
This lesson focuses on capitalizing titles; it explains why titles are capitalized, discusses the rules for capitalizing titles, and provides examples for each rule.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization of Proper Nouns
This slideshow focuses on the rules for capitalizing proper nouns. It defines proper nouns and lists rules for capitalizing family relationships, names, titles, derivatives of proper nouns, months, holidays, countries, and languages.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization of Proper Nouns
This slideshow defines proper nouns, explains why they are capitalized, and offers the rules for doing so.
Other
Capitalization Guidelines
This page provides a detailed list of when capitalizing is necessary.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization
This capitalization tutorial uses a variey of media. It begins with the reasons for capitalization and examples set to music in a video and a battle between lower and upper case letters; these are followed by a PDF of the rules for...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Quotations
A six-slide presentation explaining capitalization rules for words inside quotation marks. Examples are provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization in Title
Six slides explaining how capitalization is used properly in titles including books, essays, articles, movies, and people.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Style Guide: Capitalization
A comprehensive guide to editorial style for print and electronic media. Students and teachers can gain a better grasp of the rules of capitalization from this resource.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: The First Word in a Direct Quote Sentence
This page explains the rules for capitalizing direct quotes; if the quote is a sentence, capitalize it. If the quote is not a complete sentence, capitalize only what was capitalized in the original direct quote.
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Other
Tls Books: Letter From San Diego [Pdf]
A printable activity for students to practice their skill in using commas and capital letters.
Other
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: Capitalization
This site from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation contains 12 capitalization rules with a link to exercises and a test.
NC State University
Ncsu: Capitalization: Questions on Capitalization
This page contains unusual questions about capitalization and their answers. It deals with many ambiguities in capitalization rules.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Capitalization With Quotations
Seven slides explaining how to properly use capitalization in quotes. Rules and example sentences are provided.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Capitalization Rules
This entry provides the rules for capitalization, examples of each rule, and exceptions where they exist.L.11-12.2 Cap/Punc/Spell
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Mechanics
An explanation of the importance of mechanics and links to additional information on specific focus areas.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Strategies for Editing: Practice 2 (English I Writing)
Proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Strategies for Editing: Practice 1 (English I Writing)
Proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Capitalization (English I Writing)
Demonstrate knowledge of capitalization rules in a proofreading exercise.
Get It Write
Get It Write: Titles of Persons
This is a capitalization tutorial on when to capitalize the title, rank, or position of people. Good examples are given as well as a brief quiz to test your understanding.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Edit Drafts for Grammar, Mechanics, and Spelling
This lesson's focus is limited to the editing process for writing conventions: subject-verb agreement, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.