CAPTAIN CAPITALS & THE COMPLETION TEAM Schedule: Starter: pretest Notes: Intro to Captain Capitals & the Completion Team

THE AMAZING EIGHT – REALLY 10 Nouns (Proper and Common) Pronouns Adjectives Verbs (Action and Helping) Adverb Preposition Conjunction Interjection Your group will be assigned one of these parts of speech to teach to the class. Teacher example: Captain Capitals

Does this paragraph drive you insane??? Captain Capitals Does this paragraph drive you insane??? “hi, i’m the new student intern, lisa martinez.” lisa smiled at the receptionist and held out her id. The receptionist inspected the driver’s license and looked up her name in the computer. “your security has been cleared,” she said. “mr. pizmo is observing a trial in west jordan, utah. he won’t return until october, probably around halloween.”

When to use capital letters? Rules: Example: At the beginning of each sentence. My favorite food is ice cream. I like chocolate ice cream the best. The pronoun “I” The best brand of ice cream is Dryers. Proper Nouns Titles and abbreviations before names The ice cream man, Mr. Smith, once sold ice cream to President Obama.

When to use capital letters? Rules: Example: July 4th is the best time to have ice cream, especially if it is a Monday. Days of the week, months, holidays The names of countries and specific languages Gelato comes from Italy and is similar to ice cream. The first word in a direct quote My brother exclaimed, “Can I have some?” He would need to get a SSN if he wanted to buy ice cream in the USA. Abbreviations

Read over the following paragraph with a partner Read over the following paragraph with a partner. Using an expo marker, underline the letter 3 times that should be capitalized. i ___ (This is the universal editing signal to capitalize a letter.) Practice Practice

“Hi, I’m the new student intern, Lisa Martinez “Hi, I’m the new student intern, Lisa Martinez.” lisa smiled at the receptionist and held out her ID. The receptionist inspected the driver’s license and looked up her name in the computer. “Your security has been cleared,” she said. “Mr. Pizmo is observing a trial in West Jordan, Utah. He won’t return until October, probably around Halloween.” Check

THE AMAZING EIGHT – REALLY 10 As a group read about your assigned member of the Amazing Eight team. Decide, as a group, what you will teach the class. Your goal is to become an EXPERT on your super-team member. Create a 5-10 minute LESSON Introduction Information Examples/Practice Decide WHO will teach what – each member of your group MUST participate. TAKE NOTES ON WHAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO TEACH Create a visual that provides the “ESSENTIAL” information about your super- team member. BE CREATIVE & HAVE FUN!

GROUP PRESENTATION SCHEDULE Wed 9/6 –Nouns (Proper and Common) Wed 9/6 – Pronoun Tues 9/12 – Verb (Action) Tues 9/12 – Helping Verb Wed 9/20 – Adjective Wed 9/20 – Adverb Wed 9/27 – Conjunction Wed 9/27 – Preposition The Noun Team Nouns are a proud and devoted part of the elite group of power enhanced words known as The Amazing Eight (A.K.A. parts of speech), but even with enhanced powers, being a noun is a big job.  That’s why the Noun Team has two dedicated members ready to meet the task.   These amazing parts of speech are a very flexible pair of shape-shifters, and they can change their forms to be any number of persons, places, or things within a sentence.  Yes, that’s right; I said any person, place, or thing!  Anyone, anywhere, or anything that you want to write about in a sentence is possible because, no matter what it is, there is always a Noun Team hero ready to get the job done. THE NOUN TEAM MEMBERS: The Common Noun The Proper Noun