Introduction
Grade Level: 2nd; Subject: English/Language Arts; Student goal: Understand and Use knowledge of how to capitalize important words. Students should be able to apply their knowledge throughout this activity.
Introduction
Welcome to Ms. Kendra's lesson on CAPITALIZATION!!
What is capitalization?
Well, I'm glad you asked! Capitalization is when you put a capital letter, or the uppercase letter, to important word or words that need one!
What word or words would that be? Examples include
- Names (Jim, Bonnie, etc.)
- Titles (Mr., Mrs. Dr., etc)
- Places (Tennessee, Seattle, Wisconsin, etc.)
- Days of the Week and Months of the year (Monday, November, etc.)
- Holidays (Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.)
- Companies ( Target, Home Depot, etc.)
- Brands (Nike, Adidas, etc.)
- The first letter of a sentence (My dog is sick.)
Now you know! And just in time to help me out with this next activity!
If you need more help, here is a couple of video resources for you to watch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxFGB5vErvw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwUjGtdTxVo
Task
Task
The editor of the newspaper has to send out this breaking news story TONIGHT and needs your help to check his capitalization issues! Email Ms. Hawkins so she can give to him ASAP!
Santa Went Missing!!
It is only one week before christmas, and the jolly ol' kris kringle is nowhere to be found! mrs. Claus reported him missing as of last tuesday morning on december 18th when he did not return home from making his practice flight around canada and alaska. He was last seen at the north pole dusting off his sleigh and feeding dasher, dancer, and rudolph. the elves claimed that they last saw santa in a red puma sweatshirt, adidas sweatpants, and nike running shoes walking down a snowy path to grab a bit to eat at chili's, but he has yet to return! if you or anyone you know has seen him, please contact your local police station and help save christmas!
Process
Process
Here are the steps that you should follow!
- Open the article
- Fix the editor's capitalization mistakes
- Double check your answers with your table partner when you are both finished. Rubric for this is on the Evaluation tab.
- Email your edits to Ms. Hawkins
- Play capitalization game when finished (link is in the next tab)
Evaluation
Evaluation
Once you are finished, please go to the game in this link to test your knowledge and review your punctuation as well!! When you start the game, go to the easy section first.
https://www.abcya.com/games/fun-factory-punctuation-capitalization
Rubric:
4 3 2 1
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Capitalization |
The writer makes no errors in capitalization, so the paper is exceptionally easy to read. |
The writer makes 1 or 2 errors in capitalization, but the paper is still easy to read. |
Writer makes a few errors in capitalization and/or punctuation that catch the reader\\'s attention and interrupt the flow. |
Writer makes several errors in capitalization and/or punctuation that catch the reader\\'s attention and greatly interrupt the flow. |
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Timely Manner |
The writer turns it in by the end of the class period. |
The writer turns it in by the end of the school day. |
The writer turns it in 1 day late. |
The writer turns it in 2+ days late |
Conclusion
Conclusion
Congratulations, you have learned all about how to capitalize words! You helped the editor to get the urgent message out to the newspaper to inform people about Santa being missing by fixing all of his errors! You also completed the Fun Factory Capitalization and Punctuation activity. You will be able to capitalize all the words that need it!