Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate the titles of different types of works.
Arizona Academic Standards:
5.L.2.d
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.L.5.2d
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE5L2d
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
L.5.2.d
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
L.5.2d
Tennessee Academic Standards:
5.FL.SC.6.i
Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
L.5.2.d
Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
L.5.6.b
italics, underlining, quotes with titles; and
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.5.F
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E05.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
E05.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked).
E05.D.1.1.3 - Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
E05.D.1.1.4 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
E05.D.1.1.5 - Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
E05.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting
inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E05.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E05.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
E05.D.1.2.1 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
E05.D.1.2.2 - Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
E05.D.1.2.3 - Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
E05.D.1.2.4 - Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
E05.D.1.2.5 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.5.L
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E05.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
E05.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked).
E05.D.1.1.3 - Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
E05.D.1.1.4 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
E05.D.1.1.5 - Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
E05.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting
inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E05.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E05.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
E05.D.1.2.1 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
E05.D.1.2.2 - Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
E05.D.1.2.3 - Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
E05.D.1.2.4 - Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
E05.D.1.2.5 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.5.R
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E05.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.
E05.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked).
E05.D.1.1.3 - Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
E05.D.1.1.4 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
E05.D.1.1.5 - Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
E05.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting
inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E05.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E05.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
E05.D.1.2.1 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
E05.D.1.2.2 - Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
E05.D.1.2.3 - Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
E05.D.1.2.4 - Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
E05.D.1.2.5 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly.
5th Grade Writing - Titles Lesson
Titles
A title is the specific name of a poem, book, song, television show, and many more.
Use the following chart to see how different titles are formatted.
Title
Format
Example
Poem
Quotation marks
Robert Frost wrote the poem "Birches."
Short story
Quotation marks
“Important Man” is a short story.
Television show
Italicize or underline
America’s Funniest Home Videos shows funny clips. America’s Funniest Home Videos shows funny clips.
Article
Quotation marks
The article “Tsunami Hits Japan” was printed in the newspaper.
Book
Italicize or underline
Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations. Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations.
Play
Italicize
Our high school is putting on the play Hamlet.
Movie
Italicize or underline
Julie Andrews is the lead actor in Mary Poppins.
Julie Andrews is the lead actor in Mary Poppins.
Movie titles, books titles, and television shows should always be italicized or underlined. They are italicized when typed but underlined when written.
5th Grade Writing - Titles Lesson