1. Nouns and Capitalization

2. Noun Types
Noun: person, place, or thing. Nouns can also be… Concrete or abstract Singular, plural, or possessive and Common or proper

3. Common and Proper
Common Noun: a general person, place, or thing. Ex: doctor, store, book Proper Noun: a specific person, place, thing, or brand name. Ex: Doctor Phil, Target, Lord of the Flies ^ These are all capitalized

4. Capitalization Rules
The first letter of a sentence is always capitalized.
The pronoun “I” is always capitalized.
Proper nouns are always capitalized.
Examples:
Chicago, Illinois, the Mississippi River, Chris, White Collar, English, Chicken McNuggets, Nike Jordans, CPR

5. Practice
I’ll show you 2 Nouns. 1. You will write down which one is… Common and which one is Proper Example : Schools = common noun Cleveland Middle School = proper noun 2. Tell me whether it should be capitalized or not …. Schools = No Cleveland Middle School = Yes

6. 1
Dogs Big Mac

7. 2
jay z glasses

8. black beauty Nintendo Wii3
black beauty Nintendo Wii

9. 4
Crime wednesday’s

10. 5
pants peru