Writing Book Titles Mrs. Davis, 5 th Grade Language Arts / Writing Council Traditional School

Capitalizing ALWAYSFIRSTLASTALWAYS capitalize the FIRST word, the LAST word, and important words in the middle of: book & chapter titles, movie titles, movie titles, album & song titles, album & song titles, magazine, newspaper, & article titles, magazine, newspaper, & article titles, titles of television shows & episodes, titles of television shows & episodes, titles of works of art, and titles of works of art, and titles of plays! titles of plays! DON’TDON’T capitalize small, meaningless words such as: a, an, the, and, of, to, for, with, or, by, in, on, etc.

Capitalizing Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone The Summer of the Swans The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Out of the Dust

Underlining/Italicizing ALWAYSALWAYS completely underline (when printing) or italicize (when typing): book titles, movie titles, movie titles, album titles, album titles, magazine/newspaper titles, magazine/newspaper titles, titles of television shows, titles of television shows, titles of works of art, & titles of works of art, & titles of plays! titles of plays!

Underlining/Italicizing Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s StoneHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Summer of the SwansSummer of the Swans The Lion, the Witch, and the WardrobeThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Otherwise Known as Sheila the GreatOtherwise Known as Sheila the Great Out of the DustOut of the Dust

Quotation Marks Consider thatConsider that book titles, movie titles, movie titles, album titles, album titles, magazine/newspaper titles, magazine/newspaper titles, titles of television shows, titles of television shows, titles of works of art, & titles of works of art, & titles of plays! titles of plays! are major works, so they are underlined or italicized… are major works, so they are underlined or italicized…

Quotation Marks What would come INSIDE a major work would be considered a minor work (a, not the WHOLE), so we put it in quotation marks, but we CAPITALIZE it just as we would the major works. Minor works include:What would come INSIDE a major work would be considered a minor work (a PART, not the WHOLE), so we put it in quotation marks, but we CAPITALIZE it just as we would the major works. Minor works include: book chapters, short stories, & poems, book chapters, short stories, & poems, movie chapters, movie chapters, song titles, song titles, magazine & newspaper articles, magazine & newspaper articles, television episodes, & television episodes, & acts or scenes in plays acts or scenes in plays

Quotation Marks Book title (major):Book title (major): Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (J. K. Rowling) (J. K. Rowling) Book chapters (minor):Book chapters (minor): “The Boy Who Lived” “The Boy Who Lived” “The Keeper of the Keys” “The Keeper of the Keys” “The Man with Two Faces” “The Man with Two Faces”

Quotation Marks Movie title (major):Movie title (major): The Notebook The Notebook Movie chapters (minor):Movie chapters (minor): “Noah’s Last Letter” “Noah’s Last Letter” “Allie’s Return” “Allie’s Return” “Swan Song” “Swan Song”

Quotation Marks Album title (major):Album title (major): Back to Basics (Christina Aguilera) Back to Basics (Christina Aguilera) Song titles (minor):Song titles (minor): “Here to Stay” “Here to Stay” “Back in the Day” “Back in the Day” “Enter the Circus” “Enter the Circus”

Quotation Marks Magazine title (major):Magazine title (major): Rolling Stone Magazine Rolling Stone Magazine Article titles (minor):Article titles (minor): “Legends of Rock” “Legends of Rock” “The Day the Music Died” “The Day the Music Died” “When Jazz Enters the ‘Hood” “When Jazz Enters the ‘Hood”

Quotation Marks TV show (major):TV show (major): House, M.D. (Fox Television Network) Episode titles (minor):Episode titles (minor): “Needle in a Haystack” “Needle in a Haystack” “One Day, One Room” “One Day, One Room” “Lines in the Sand” “Lines in the Sand”

POP QUIZ! 1.Write the title of the book you’re reading now. 2.Kelly Clarkson has an album titled breakaway, and one of the songs is called because of you. Write the name of the album and the song correctly. 3.Write the name of your favorite movie. 4.One episode of the TV drama, csi: miami, was called dead woman walking. Write the name of the TV show and the episode correctly.

POP QUIZ! 5. Is “Life” a magazine or a magazine article ? 6. Is Temper an album or a song? 7. Is Blizzard a book title or a chapter name? 8. Is “E. R.” a TV show or an episode name? 9.Is “Dog Team” a movie or a movie chapter? 10.Is Mardi Gras the name of a play or an act or scene in a play?