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When to Capitalize Nouns • First letter of a sentence • Names of specific people • Days of the week, months, and holidays (but not seasons) • Ranks and titles, but only when used with a particular person’s name • Geographic areas: cities, states, countries, counties, rivers, oceans, streets, parks, etc. • Regions of the United States, but not simple directions When to Capitalize Nouns • Historical periods • Religions, nationalities, races of people, languages, countries and adjectives related to those countries • The various names for God and the names of sacred books • Specific school courses, but not general subjects • Names of specific schools, businesses, buildings, organizations, etc. When to Capitalize Nouns • Brand names • Names of planets, but not sun and moon and sometimes not earth • Letters that stand alone • Names of specific teams and clubs and their members • Titles of movies, books, chapters, and articles When to NOT Capitalize Nouns • Articles (a, an, that) • Conjunctions (and, but, etc.) and • Short prepositions (in, of, with, etc.) UNLESS – they are the beginning word: • The Life and Times of King Joshua the Great – they are part of the verb: “Thief Holds Up Bank” First letter of a sentence we almost had a snow day! the roads were icy. snowbird is a meany. Names of specific people tucker, cousin, the stevens family, sister, the joneses, boy hi, mom! my father is busy. could your dad drive us to the movies? welcome home, dad. Where is grandma today? Days of the week, months, and holidays (but not seasons) summer, monday, winter, passover, easter, december Ranks and titles, but only when used with a particular person’s name this is doctor smith, this is aunt anne, and that man is general bradshaw. that man is my doctor, that woman is my aunt, and that man is a general in the army. Geographic areas: cities, states, countries, counties, rivers, oceans, streets, parks, etc. the ocean is deep. north dakota atlantic ocean the mountains are high. Regions of the United States, but not simple directions I was born in the midwest, but I grew up in the north. I live on the north side of town. Historical periods the renaissance world war II it was a long war. the middle ages we live in an age of computers. Religions, nationalities, races of people, languages, countries and adjectives related to those countries christians jews asians arabic denmark I like italian pizza The various names for God and the names of sacred books god there were many gods and goddesses in ancient myths. allah the bible Specific school courses, but not general subjects i’m taking algebra 101 and history of china. i’m taking algebra and history. Names of specific schools, businesses, buildings, organizations, etc. apple computer I want a new computer that building is a middle school the university of vermont I plan to attend a university Brand names cheverolet camaro nintendo cheerios cereal Names of planets, but not sun and moon and sometimes not earth the moon is full tonight. jupiter neptune the sun is bright. Letters that stand alone u-turn x-ray an a+ in social studies class Names of specific teams and clubs and their members the atlanta braves i play baseball in the summer the steelers Titles of movies, books, chapters, and articles harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone gulliver’s travels “tar heels beat duke 102 – 96” Capitalization Practice • my brother, mike, goes to school in columbus, ohio. • peggy went to see the movie moneyball with her brother last tuesday. • jonathon loves to watch the steelers play during the fall. • my friend, dr. smith, performs surgery on colonel mustard. • nike shoes are the best shoes to wear when you are playing basketball. • on sundays, my family goes to the church on washington avenue to praise god. • apple is selling a new ipad. Review • mom, are you going to take me to st. clairsville high school for orientation? • christmas is my favorite holiday in the winter. • last christmas santa clause brought me a john deere tractor. • colorado has a lot of rivers. • you are all students in ms. bigelow’s classroom at moundsville middle school. • vincent van gogh painted the starry night from the window in his asylum. • tomorrow i get to see the cleveland cavaliers play basketball. • was van gogh a painter during the renaissance?