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Common Core Standards
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8th Grade |
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Literacy.L.8.2c |
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Spell correctly. |
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8th Grade Writing - Capitalization Lesson
- Capitalization
- Important words in a text need to be capitalized. Here are some types of words that should always be capitalized:
I – the letter “I” is always capitalized when used on its own as a pronoun
First word – the first word in a sentence is always capitalized
Titles – the specific titles of people, books, TV shows, movies, songs, poems, works of art, etc.
Names – the names of people, countries, states, languages, holidays, mountains, etc.
Months – all months of the year (January, February, etc.)
Days – the days of the week (Monday, Tuesdays, etc.)
Directions – directions when they refer to a region (They moved from the East)
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