Slideshow Transcript

1. Slide 1: Punctuation Capital Letters
2. Slide 2: The First Letter of a Sentence • The first word of a sentence ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS has a capital letter. The girls thought they should the be able to go swimming.
3. Slide 3: In the Titles of Books In titles of books we capitalise the first word, the last word and all other important words in the title. We don’t tend to capitalise the ‘little’ words in a title (words like and, if, but, or etc) unless they are the first or last word. R H T M A Try these: B T M the merry adventures of robin hood. L W T W three men in a boat
4. Slide 4: Proper Nouns Add capitals to the names of specific people and places. M r T aylor was missing his daughter, L S ouise, after W left to go to she NS ydney in ew outh ales. He lived W A so far away from her in estern General directions do not need capitals. ustralia. Louise lives to the east of her father.
5. Slide 5: Celebrations and Certain Times • The names of the days of the week and months need capitals. Monday Sunday June • Don’t forget special days. Christmas Day, which is always on December 25th, is my favourite holiday, after Easter. But don’t capitalise the names of the seasons. In autumn we enjoy the break from the hot summer.
6. Slide 6: Historical Events • Capital letters for events and eras in history. World War I was also called The War to End All Wars. Michaelangelo was a popular artist during the Renaissance period while Shakespeare was popular in the Elizabethan era.
7. Slide 7: Capital Letters for Gods and Religions Remember to name all Remember to name all religions and religious gods with a capital people with a capital letter: letter: God, Christianity, Christ, Christians, Allah, Judaism, Jews, Buddha, Islam, Muslims This one is important because our God is called God, He is not just any god.
8. Slide 8: Capitalise Pronouns for God and Jesus • If you are talking about a man or boy for instance: – Anthony knew he wanted to show the people how much he loved them and he longed for them to love him too. Out of respect for God and Jesus we use capitals God knew He wanted to show the people how much He loved them and He longed for them to love Him too.
9. Slide 9: Capitalise All Titles Before Names Capitalise titles when they come before names. Principal Lewis spoke to Dean Thyer. We don’t normally do this if the title comes after a name . . . . Mr Lewis, who is the principal at Swan Christian College, was speaking to Mr Thyer, who is one of the college’s deans.
10. Slide 10: Where We Use Capitals • I know this is a big The first letter of a sentence. list of areas but go Titles of books. through this slide Proper nouns. again and fill in the Celebration and certain capitals worksheet as times. Historical events. you go. Religions and gods. God and Jesus’ pronouns. Titles before Pronouns.