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Quia

Quia: Capitalization Flash Cards

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This site contains a flash card game with general rules for capitalization of proper nouns and adjectives. Students can choose their difficulty level.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Countries, Nationalities, and Languages

For Students 9th - 10th
This page explains the rule requiring the capitalization of the names of countries, nationalities, and languages with examples of each.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Capitalization:titles of Books, Articles, Songs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: The First Word in a Direct Quote Sentence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization in Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th
Seven slides reviewing proper capitalization in sentences including at the beginning of a sentence, in quotations, with semicolons, and with colons.
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PPT
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Capitalization Power Point

For Students 3rd - 8th
A PowerPoint slide reviewing the rules of capitalization and showing how capitalization questions might look on a standardized test.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization With Quotations

For Students 9th - 10th
Seven slides explaining how to properly use capitalization in quotes. Rules and example sentences are provided.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Family Relationships (Used as Proper Names)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use the Correct Capitalization

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Capitalizing is extremely important. Not only is it proper writing, but it also makes writing look polished and finished. Learn what should be capitalized and what shouldn't! [0:53]
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization in Quotations

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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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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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Capitalization (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, student learn that the language of casual exchanges on mobile devices is not acceptable in formal writing. They will also develop some case sensitivity, the ability to use capital letters appropriately as they proofread...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization: Lesson 7

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces capitalization. It is 7 of 10 in the series titled "Capitalization."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization in Quotations: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces capitalization in quotes. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Capitalization in Quotations."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization in Quotations

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces capitalization in quotes.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization in Quotations

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces capitalization in quotes.
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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
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Parentheses and Rules for Use

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains five rules for correctly using parentheses and a section regarding capitalization within parentheses. Examples are included for each of the rules.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Seasons When Used in a Title

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Handout
Other

Tameri: Guide for Writers: Punctuation Rules

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
This site provides the punctuation rules.
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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
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you scroll down to the middle of the page, you will find a section that explains the rules for capitalizing people's titles and the names of political entities.
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English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Meet the Vikings [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Practice capitalization rules by underlining the words that need to be capitalized and matching them to the rules that apply.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Basics of Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th
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...

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