1. Language Arts: Monday, April 1, 2019
Handouts: * Grammar #67 (Capitalizing Names of Places, Part 1)
Homework: * Grammar #67 (Capitalizing Names of Places, Part 1)
Assignments due: * Grammar # (Capitalizing Names and Titles of Persons, Part 2)

2. Starter #1: Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page
Starter #1: Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page. In the upper right hand corner, write the following:
Mon., April 1, QW #57: Stranded!
If you were suddenly stranded on a remote island (where no one lives) or in a wilderness area far away from civilization, what one person would you most like to have with you? Name that person, explain why you chose him/her, then describe what you think your experience would be like with that person.
Remember to write in complete sentences, avoiding fragments and run-ons. If you are not sure how to spell a certain word, just sound it out and circle it.

3. Lesson Goal: Learn about capitalizing names of places.
Outcomes: Be able to . . .
Identify names of cities, countries, continents, geographical features and sections of a country and apply capital letters in those names and apply capital letters in those names.
Identify words such as city, state, mountain, river, street, bridge that are common nouns, that is, NOT used as a specific name, and indicate them with lower case letters.
Identify compass point terms that are used to name specific sections of a country and indicate them with capital letters.
Identify compass points that are used in a directional way, and indicate them in lower case.
Apply capital letters to names of specific places but apply lower case letters to the articles and prepositions within those names.

4. Capitalize first and last names and initials that stand for names.
Starter #2: Last week we learned rules for names and titles of people
Capitalize first and last names and initials that stand for names.
Bonnie Morris
Carl M. Ludwick
P. J. Carter
Capitalize names and abbreviations of academic degrees and professional titles that follow a name. Also capitalize the terms “Jr.” and “Sr.”
Raul Espinoza, Bachelor of Science
Kate Strong, Registered Dietician
Nelson Davies, D.D.S.
Lester Linston Sr.

5. Another basic rule to remember—always capitalize the pronoun . . . I
Starter #3: We learned to capitalize words that show family relationships when used as names but NOT when they follow an article (a, an, the) or a possessive noun or pronoun.
Uncle Frankie
Diane’s grandmother
my sister
an aunt
Another basic rule to remember—always capitalize the pronoun . . . I
Are you really interested in what I think?
Be careful not to let texting shortcuts creep into your writing. (e.g. using “i" instead of “I”)

6. Starter #4: We also learned . . .
Capitalize proper nouns but not common nouns:
Frederick Douglas
writer

7. Starter #5: Finally, we learned to capitalize a title when it comes before a person’s name or when it is used in directly addressing someone but NOT a title that follows a person’s name:
mayor jean dean
Mayor Jean Dean
capt. john gray
Capt. John Gray
mr. ralph rivera
Mr. Ralph River
The reporter asked, “mr. president, when is your next meeting?”
The reporter asked, “Mr. President, when is your next meeting?”
Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992.
The president is coming to our school!

8. Starter #6: Today we will learn about capitalizing names of places.
Capitalize names of cities, counties, states, countries, continents, and geographical features such as mountains and rivers and sections of a country:
Mount Vernon Westchester County New Jersey
Ethiopia Africa Indian Ocean
the Grand Canyon Bering Strait Olentangy River
Bay of Bengal Cape of Good Hope Ohio River Valley
Mount Everest the Northwest New England

9. Starter #7: Capitalize the names of streets and highways as well as the names of specific buildings, bridges, and monuments. Why?
They are considered names.
River Forest Boulevard Avenue of the Americas Pulaski Skyway
World Trade Towers Golden Gate Bridge Lincoln Memorial
Do NOT capitalize words like city, state, mountain, river, street, and bridge if they are NOT part of a specific name.
On our trip we drove through ten states and five major cities, but we did not see any mountains.
Turn left at the next street, and take the bridge over the river.