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Handout
Other

Capitalization Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides a detailed list of when capitalizing is necessary.
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Handout
Other

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation contains 12 capitalization rules with a link to exercises and a test.
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Handout
NC State University

Ncsu: Capitalization: Questions on Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th
This page contains unusual questions about capitalization and their answers. It deals with many ambiguities in capitalization rules.
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Website
Other

Kid Info: Capitalization Sites

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This grammar site includes three links to sites about capitalization. They include: "Capitalization Basic Rules, Capitalization Matching Game and Capitalization Rules."
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Handout
English Plus+

Special Cases for Capitals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides explanation and examples of special rules for capitalization.
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Handout
English Plus+

Capitals in Titles of Things

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides information about capitals in titles of things. Examples are given.
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Handout
English Plus+

Capitalizing Proper Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th
Rules and examples for proper capitalization of adjectives are given.
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Handout
English Plus+

Proper Nouns: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th
Rules and examples of proper noun capitalization are given.
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Handout
Other

Encyber Pedia: Atlas

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives several links to atlases online that contain information on capitals, cities, states, and countries.
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Activity
Quia

Quia: World Capitals

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the capitals of world countries through games like matching, concentration, flashcards, and word search.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Metaphor Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This capitalization quiz reinforces the general rules for capitalizing proper nouns and adjectives.
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Interactive
Other

Review Game Zone: Bouncing Balls

For Students 3rd
In this game, students choose the sentence in the set that correctly capitalizes each proper noun. When the students answer the problem correctly, they get to play a ball blast game.
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: World Capitals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is World Capitals.
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Interactive
English Club

English Club: Esl Games: Matching Games: General Knowledge 1: Capital Cities

For Students 4th - 8th
Play a memory match game by matching six different capital cities with the correct country.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Southwest, Pacific, and Non Contiguous States and Capitals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students identify the states and capitals of the Southwest, Pacific, and non-contiguous regions of the United States and includes a review game.
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Unit Plan
English Club

English Club: Using Capital Letters

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
In this EnglishClub tutorial lesson, students will learn when to use capital letters, why capital letters are difficult, how to use word shape, how to test with small letters, how to test with capital letters, and learn the lyrics and...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: European Capitals Quiz

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using the Activote system, students will look at a map of Europe to identify the country and then select that country's capital city. There are 28 questions.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Midwest States and Capitals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on identifying the Midwest states and capitals and includes a review game.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization in Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the proper use of capitalization in sentences.
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Handout
Other

Capitalization Chart

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this handy chart to spot the capitalization rule which applies to your sentence. Scroll down to the bottom for links to practice exercises you can do in Microsoft Word.
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Handout
Other

North China City Believed to Be Ancient Capital

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an article on Xingtai in North China's Hebei Province, which was probably one of the capital cities of the Shang Dynasty.
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Activity
Quia

Quia: World Capitals Matching

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this website to practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: World Capitals Concentration

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this website to practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country in a concentration game type format.
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Activity
Quia

Quia: World Capitals Word Search

For Students 3rd - 8th
Practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country in a word-search format.