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1. Katniss Everdeen is the main character
of The Hunger Games.
2. Thor is known as the God of Thunder.
3. Harriet Tubman was born in the South.
4. Australians have such charming accents.
5. Tigger is such a terrific tiger.
6. Legolas is a Wood Elf.
7. Peyton Manning played football for the
University of Tennessee.
What do all of these sentences have in
common?
1. Katniss Everdeen is the main character
of The Hunger Games.
2. Thor is known as the God of Thunder.
3. Harriet Tubman was born in the South.
4. Australians have such charming accents.
5. Tigger is such a terrific tiger.
6. Legolas is a Wood Elf.
7. Peyton Manning played football for the
University of Tennessee.
They all contain CAPITAL LETTERS!
Capitalization: Anticipation Guide
Completed the following anticipation guide in you composition
books. State whether or not each sentence contains a
capitalization error. If the sentence contains an error, rewrite and
correct the sentence.
Sentence
1. At one point, I wrestled for Riverdale
high school.
2. Jack rode the titanic; then, he drowned.
3. I'm from Tennessee, which makes me a
tennessean.
4. Harriet Tubman struggled to escape
the barbaric south.
5. Katniss yelled, “what do you think
you're doing?”
6. easter is a christian holiday.
7. Athena was a greek goddess of
wisdom.
8. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
was a delightful and enchanting novel.
Capitalization
Error: Yes or No
Corrected Version
Capitalization: Basic
Always capitalize the first letter of a
sentence.
 Always capitalize the pronoun “I.”
 Always capitalize proper nouns.
Example:
My name is Mr. Butner, and I really like
chocolate.

Capitalization: Titles
Capitalize the names of people and
the initials that stand for their names.
Examples: Chris Butner, C.S. Lews,
J.K. Rowling

Capitalize a title when it comes
before a person's name.
Examples: President Obama, Mr.
Butner, Doctor Stevens

Capitalization: Titles
Capitalize the names of degrees and
abbreviations after someone's name.
Examples: John Deer, Ph.D., Charles
Snow Sr.

Capitalize words that show family
relationships when used as titles or
substitutes for a person's name.
Examples:
We have pictures of Aunt Meg.
My Grandmother was a suffragist.

Capitalization: Titles
Capitalize the names of persons and animals.
Examples:
Rikki-tikki-tavi, Shamu, Monica, Aaron

Capitalize geographical names and regions and the
names of historical events and periods.
Examples:
Europe, Antarctica, Civil War, Tennessee, the South, the
Medieval Period, the Dark Ages

Note: Directions such as north, south, east and west
are not usually capitalized. They are only capitalized
when used to refer to the hole region, such as the South
or the North.
Capitalization: Titles
Capitalize the names of religions and their
followers.
Examples:
Judaism, Christianity, God, Jehovah, Muslim,
Buddhist

Capitalization: Titles
Always capitalize the first and last word of
titles of books, poems, etc.
 Capitalize all important words.
 DO NOT capitalize articles (the, an, a),
prepositions, or conjunctions (and, but, or),
unless they are the first or last word.
Examples:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Lord of the Rings
The Hunger Games

Capitalization: Letters
Capitalize the salutation and closing
of a letter.
Example:
Dear Mrs. Adams,

Yours truly,
Capitalization: Quotations
Capitalize the first word of a quote that is a
complete sentence.
Example:
Travis said, “Another one of those people was
Paul Revere.”

When a quote is interrupted by an explanatory
statement, do not begin the second part of the
sentence with a capital letter.
Example:
I read a famous poem,” said Kim, “about Paul
Revere.”

Capitalization: Quotations
Do not capitalize an indirect quotation. An
indirect quotation does not repeat a person's
exact words, so it does not receive quotation
marks.

Example:
The teacher said the poem was written by
Longfellow.
Travis said that another man rode with Paul
Revere.
Capitalization: Proper Adjectives
Adjectives that are formed from proper
nouns are called proper adjectives.
They described particular people or ideas.
Examples:
1.People from Alaska are called Alaskans.
2.People from Japan are Japanese.
3.Mexican food has its origins in Mexico.
4.Queen Elizabeth ruled during the
Elizabethan era.

Capitalization
Never, ever, ever, capitalize the seasons:
spring, summer, winter, fall, unless they are part
of a title.
Example:
The Winter Olympics

DO NOT capitalize the names of school
subjects, except course names followed by
numerals. Also, capitalize language classes.
Example:
history, typing, English, Spanish, History 101,
Music III

Capitalization: Anticipation Guide
Sentence
1. At one point, I wrestled for
Riverdale high school.
2. Jack rode the titanic; then, he
drowned.
3. I'm from Tennessee, which makes
me a tennessean.
4. Harriet Tubman struggled to
escape the barbaric south.
5. Katniss yelled, “what do you think
you're doing?”
6. easter is a christian holiday.
7. Athena was a greek goddess of
wisdom.
8. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of
Fire was a delightful and enchanting
novel.
Capitalization
Corrected Version
Error: Yes or No
Capitalization: Practice I
Write each sentence, correcting any errors in
capitalization.
1. “My ancestors got the reservation,” he explained,
“With the help of General Miles.”
2. She and I ate at Steak And Shake.
3.“soon a group of Cheyenne headed for a good place
to live,” Joe said.
4. Chief Two Moons said That they wanted the land
along the Tongue River.
5. the Cheyenne were interested in living on this land.
6. the soldiers asked the Cheyenne, “do you want to
look further?
Capitalization: Practice I
7. “my ancestors were afraid they hadn't looked
carefully enough,” said Joe.
8. the Cheyenne said that the land near the Tongue
River would be their home.
9. Artist john white depicted scenes of Native American
life.
10. president thomas jefferson wanted them to find a
way to the Pacific Ocean.
11. She was a writer during the victorian age.
12. the book by Stephen Crane was called the red
badge of courage.
13. Peter Pan was written by J.m. Barrie.
14. I cannot wait for fall; i love when the leaves change
colors.
15. summer months bring plenty of sunshine.
Capitalization: Practice II
Rewrite the following sentences, correcting any
capitalization errors.
1. Please pick up a box of Tide Detergent at the store.
2. The “Battle Hymn Of The Republic” was written by
Julia ward Howe.
3. Are we going to uncle Ted's house for Thanksgiving
again?
4. Do you know professor Ezekiel will be teaching
Creative Writing during the spring semester?
5. The principal asked me, “how would you like to study
Geography next semester?”
6. Jennifer Lawrence amazes audiences with her
performances in the hunger games.
7. Thor loves to hide captain America's shield.
8. the leader of the X-men is professor Xavier.
Capitalization: Practice III
Rewrite the following sentences, correcting any
capitalization errors.
1. The greeks believed that zeus, the king of the gods,
lived on mount olympus.
2. The titanic sank after hitting an iceberg off the coast
of newfoundland.
3. My cousin collects scandinavian pottery.
4. Tracker jackers, vicious, genetically modified wasps,
attack contestants in The Hunger Games.
5. Katniss Everdeen is from the seam, an incredibly
poor region of District 12.
6. Katniss Everdeen lives in the future united states,
which is known as panem.
7. She usually travels to boston on american airlines.
8. The leader of Panem is president Snow.
Capitalization Passage I
This passage has no capital letters. Rewrite the
passage, adding the appropriate capital letters.
“the fox argument”
richard was a snow white fox who lived in antarctica. his
father, richard sr., once said, “i know richard is quite
cunning, but he is rather lazy.” so, richard's father asked him
to run north and fetch some mexican food. seeking to get
out of this chore, richard promptly pretended to sprain his
ankle. “ow,” yelled richard, “this really hurts!” the leader of
the foxes, chief george, heard of this dispute. he said that
both father and son were wrong and banished them from
the fox kingdom. “what's more,” said the king, “i'll remove
your tails with magic, and you shall not get them back until
you learn to be kind to one another.” richard and his father
left in winter and were never seen again.
Capitalization Passage I: Corrected
This passage has no capital letters. Rewrite the
passage, adding the appropriate capital letters.
“The Fox Argument”
Richard was a snow white fox who lived in Antarctica. His
father, Richard Sr., once said, “I know richard is quite
cunning, but he is rather lazy.” So, Richard's father asked
him to run north and fetch some Mexican food. Seeking to
get out of this chore, Richard promptly pretended to sprain
his ankle. “Ow,” yelled Richard, “This really hurts!” The
leader of the foxes, Chief George, heard of this dispute. He
said that both father and son were wrong and banished
them from the fox kingdom. “What's more,” said the king, “I'll
remove your tails with magic, and you shall not get them
back until you learn to be kind to one another.” Richard and
his father left in winter and were never seen again.
Capitalization Passage II
This passage has no punctuation and no capital letters. Add the
appropriate punctuation and capital letters.
the frog and the ox
oh father said a little frog to the big one sitting by the side of a pool I've
seen a terrible monster it was as big as a mountain it had horns as big as trees a
tail like a snake and hooves divided in two
tush child tush said the old frog that was only farm whites ox it ist so big
wither he may be a little bit taller than I, but I could easily make myself quite as
broad just you see so he blew himself out and blew himself out and blew himself
out.
oh, much bigger than that said the young frog
again the old one blew himself out and asked the young one if the ox was
as big as that
bigger father bigger was the reply
so the frog took a deep breath and blew and blew and blew and blew and
swelled and swelled and swelled and then he said im sure the farmers ox is not as
big as this
at that moment however he burst
self conceit may lead to self destruction
Capitalization Passage II: Corrected
This passage has no punctuation and no capital letters. Add the
appropriate punctuation and capital letters.
The Frog and the Ox
“Oh father,” said a little frog to the big one sitting by the side of a pool. “I've
seen a terrible monster. It was as big as a mountain. It had horns as big as trees a
tail like a snake and hooves divided in two.”
“Tush child tush,” said the old frog. “That was only Farmer White's ox. It
isn't so big either. He may be a little bit taller than I, but I could easily make myself
quite as broad. “Just you see.” So he blew himself out and blew himself out and
blew himself out.
“Oh, much bigger than that,” said the young frog.
Again, the old one blew himself out, and asked the young one if the ox was
as big as that.
“Bigger, Father, bigger,” was the reply.
So the frog took a deep breath and blew and blew and blew and blew and
swelled and swelled and swelled, and then he said, “I'm sure the farmers ox is not
as big as this.”
At that moment, however, he burst.
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
Capitalization Passage III
This passage has no punctuation and no capital
letters. Add the appropriate punctuation and capital
letters.
the fox who lost his tail
an old shaggy grey fox got caught in a trap even though
he managed to escape he lost his tail in the process for days
after his escape feeling his life a burden from the shame and
ridicule of being the only tailles fox in the county he schemed
to convince all the other foxes to cut off their tails he
assembled a good many foxes and advised them to cut off
their tails saying that they would not only look much better
without them but that they would get rid of the weight of the
brush which was a very great inconvenience one of them
interrupted him and said just because you were dumb enough
to lose your tail don't ask us to do the same
Capitalization Passage III:
Corrected
This passage has no punctuation and no capital
letters. Add the appropriate punctuation and capital
letters.
The Fox Who Lost His Tail
An old shaggy grey fox got caught in a trap. Even though
he managed to escape, he lost his tail in the process. For days
after his escape, feeling his life a burden from the shame and
ridicule of being the only tailless fox in the county, he schemed
to convince all the other foxes to cut off their tails. He
assembled a good many foxes and advised them to cut off
their tails, saying that they would not only look much better
without them, but that they would get rid of the weight of the
brush, which was a very great inconvenience. One of them
interrupted him and said, “Just because you were dumb
enough to lose your tail, don't ask us to do the same.
Capitalization Writing Activity I
In The Hunger Games, author Suzanne Collins creates several
new kinds of animals such as mocking jays, from mocking
birds and jabber jays; tracker jackers; and jabber jays, deriving
partly from blue jays.
When animal breed names contain a place or region, they
must be capitalized.
Examples:
German shepherds
Siamese cats
English mastiffs
Yorkshire Terriers
Capitalization Writing Activity I
Your job: Create a new animal breed that
requires capitalization. In order to
necessitate capitalization, your animal's
breed must contain a place or region as
part of its name.
Capitalization Writing Activity I
Step 1: Select an animal from the left column; then,
select a place or region from the right column.
tiger
lion
bear
oh my
bull
stallion
whale
rabbit
deer
Panem
Rohan
Gondor
Hogwarts
Alaglaesia
Narnia
Caspian
Neverland
Capitalization Writing Activity I
Step 2: Create a topic sentence concerning your beast. Be
sure to modify the name of the place to create a proper
adjective.
Example:
The Gondorian stallion is a brilliant best.
Complete the following model:
The _____________ is a _________________.
Capitalization Writing Activity I
Step 3: Compose a piece of flash fiction, 5-10 sentences,
describing your animal. The exposition should be as vivid
as possible.
Rubric
 Compose a piece of flash fiction containing at least 5
sentences.
 Follow all capitalization rules.
 Adhere to the conventions of English.
Example
The Gondorian stallion is a brilliant beast. Muscles rippling, the
horse stampedes across the plains of Gondor. Many have tried
to subdue the beast with a glistening crimson mane, but they
have failed. Speculators believe the behemoth materialized
through the hazy smoke and torrid heat of a volcano, Pompeii to
be specific.
Capitalization Writing Activity II
Write original sentences each of the following tasks.
Make sure you capitalize the appropriate letters in
your sentences.
1. Write a sentence that mentions a clothing store and one
of your family members.
2. Write a sentence that mentions a famous actor or
actress and a movie.
3. Write a sentence that mentions a TV show and a snack
product.
4. Write a sentence that mentions a foreign country, a
sport, and an athlete.
5. Write a sentence that includes three course titles
(classes).