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

2. 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

3. 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.”

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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
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(This is the universal editing signal to capitalize a letter.)
Practice
Practice

7. “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

8. 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!

9. 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