1. "Word Crimes"

2. Monday, October 26, 2015 1.Capitalize the first word of every sentence. 2.Capitalize the first word in both the greeting and the closing of a letter. 3.Capitalize the pronoun “I”. 4.Capitalize the proper nouns. 5.Capitalize the names of persons and animals. 6.Capitalize geographical names.

3. Your Turn! Left-Side: Number your paper 1-6. Skip lines! Write a sentence showing each rule (1-6). Write about Halloween!

4. Tuesday, October 27, 2015 7.Capitalize the names of organizations, teams, institutions, and government bodies. 8.Capitalize the names of historical events and periods, special events, calendar items and holidays. 9.Capitalize the names of nationalities, races, and people. 10.Capitalize the names of businesses and the brand names of business products. 11.Capitalize the names of ships, trains, aircraft, and spacecraft. 12.Capitalize the names of buildings and other structures. 13. Capitalize the names of monuments, memorials, and awards. 14.Capitalize the names of religions and their followers, holy days and celebrations, and sacred writings. 15.Capitalize the names of planets, stars, constellations, and other heavenly bodies.

5. 10/ 27/15 My Turn! Find as many capitalization rules as you can from today’s rules. Copy the sentence, page #, highlight or underline the specific example, and write the rule #.

7. Wednesday, October 28, 2015 16.Capitalize proper adjectives. 17. DO NOT capitalize the names of school subjects, except course names followed by numerals and names of language classes. 18. Capitalize titles. 19. Capitalize the title of a person when the title comes before a name. 20. Capitalize a word showing a family relationship when the word is used before or in place of a person’s name. 21. Capitalize the first and last words and all important words in titles and subtitles.