Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
6.10.D
(D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses;
conjunctive adverbs;
prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
pronouns, including relative;
subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor;
capitalization of proper nouns, including abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations;
punctuation marks, including commas in complex sentences, transitions, and introductory elements; and
correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
6.20
Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
6.20.A
use capitalization for:
commas in compound sentences;
proper punctuation and spacing for quotations; and
parentheses, brackets, and ellipses (to indicate omissions and interruptions or incomplete statements); and
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
6.10.D
(D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses;
conjunctive adverbs;
prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
pronouns, including relative;
subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor;
capitalization of proper nouns, including abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations;
punctuation marks, including commas in complex sentences, transitions, and introductory elements; and
correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too;
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.6.C.3.1
Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
6th Grade Writing - Capitalization Lesson
CAPITALIZATION
Proper nouns are capitalized.
Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are words that name specific, unique people, places, things, ideas, or animals.
Example:
Sara Ann Bedford
All initials, official titles that are used as parts of names, and identifying suffixes at the ends of names, are also capitalized, even when abbreviated.
Booker T. Washington III
Dr. E.J. Garvey
Mr. Elias Englebert, Jr.
Example:
Schools
Texas Christian University
Charities or Non-Profits
World Health Organization
Governmental Organizations
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Organizations can also be libraries, businesses, social clubs, museums, or any group of individuals that come together for a common purpose.
Abbreviations of organizations are also capitalized.
Only capitalize the important words of names and titles. Do not capitalize shortconjunctions, articles, or prepositions, unless they are the first or last words in names or titles.
The Sword and the Sorcerer
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Capitalize the abbreviations for degrees of temperature, including degrees Celsius (°C) and degrees Fahrenheit (°F)
Capitalize the abbreviations for indicators of time periods before and after the common, or current, era.
6th Grade Writing - Capitalization Lesson