How do you teach capitalization in a fun way?
Instructions
- Read a sentence to the group.
- Repeat the sentence aloud slowly, and have the students stand up the first time they hear a word that should be capitalized.
- Each time they hear another word that should be capitalized, students should sit down or stand up (whichever is the opposite of their last action).
What are the 5 rules of capitalization?
English Capitalization Rules:
- Capitalize the First Word of a Sentence.
- Capitalize Names and Other Proper Nouns.
- Don’t Capitalize After a Colon (Usually)
- Capitalize the First Word of a Quote (Sometimes)
- Capitalize Days, Months, and Holidays, But Not Seasons.
- Capitalize Most Words in Titles.
Do you capitalize names of games?
Brand names of trademarked games like Monopoly, Scrabble, and Chutes and Ladders are capitalized, but note that it is not necessarily to use registration symbols with them. Names for games like pool and its variants, foosball, air hockey, and other tabletop entertainments should not be capitalized.
What is the example of capitalization?
For proper nouns In other words, capitalize the names of people, specific places, and things. For example: We don’t capitalize the word “bridge” unless it starts a sentence, but we must capitalize Brooklyn Bridge because it is the name of a specific bridge.
Is the FBI capitalized?
Federal Bureau of Investigation must be capitalized because it is a title (“of” is not capitalized because it is a preposition within a title.) F.B.I. must be capitalized because it is an acronym.
Do you capitalize children’s games?
Traditional children’s games like tag and hopscotch, and those with more complex names, such as capture the flag, hide-and-seek, and king of the castle, need no special emphasis, either. Names for games like pool and its variants, foosball, air hockey, and other tabletop entertainments should not be capitalized.
