4. my Dog snoopy is black and white.
i went to florida last year.
puerto rico is a country in the caribbean.
5. What do you know about capitalizations?
What are capitalizations?
6. Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first
letter as an upper case and the remaining letters in
lower case.
Examples: Maria is drinking coffee.
The mail man went to Diego’s house.
Jose and I went to the store.
7. You capitalize:
The first letter at the beginning of a sentence.
The pronoun “I”.
And proper nouns.
8. 1. Proper nouns
A proper noun is: a noun that is the name of
a specific individual, place, or object.
The first letter of the word has to be
capitalized.
Examples:
The student’s name is Michael.
The dog’s name is Rufus.
Bryan visited San Juan to visit the Castillo San
Felipe del Morro.
9. 2. Capitalize: holidays, days of the week,
months and businesses.
Example: Last Christmas, on December 24th,
2002, I got a present.
The Popular Bank is Puerto Rico’s biggest
bank.
But do not capitalize the names of seasons.
Example: He will go to Florida this fall.
10. 3. Capitalize: the first, last, and any
important words in titles.
Example: The Governor's favorite book
is ”Don Quixote”.
4.Capitalize: the names of languages and
nationality.
Examples: He spoke Spanish to the Taino
Indians.
Puerto Ricans like to dance Salsa.
11. 5.Capitalize: special events and historical
periods.
Example: The Puerto Rican Day Parade
celebrates Puerto Rican heritage.
12. Common nouns are names of things or places
that are not specific or special.
Common nouns do not have to be
capitalized.
Examples: The dog, the cat, the house.
13.
14.
15. Read the sentences and make the corrections
using the capitalization rules:
christopher columbus discovered puerto rico
in 1493.
puerto Rico is located near Dominican
republic.
the taino indians lived in the island many years
ago.
the spanish used ships to travel to the new
world.
16. Use the correct capitalization rules and
answer the following questions in complete
sentences:
Which town you live in?
What do you like about Puerto Rico?
What is your favorite food?
What is your favorite type of music?
17. Identify which is a proper and common noun.
Rewrite the sentences using the correct
capitalization rules.
18. You capitalize:
The first word of every sentence.
The word I.
The first word of proper nouns.
Holidays, days of the week, months,
organizations, businesses.
Languages and nationalities.
Special events and historical periods.
19. Rewrite the sentences below using correct
capitalization.
1. the town of san juan is the capital of puerto
rico.
2. jennifer and carlos will travel to spain next year.
3. the jackson elementary school band will
perform “yankee doodle.”
4. my friend and i are going to the parque colon
beach.
5. the excursion is going to aguada, aguadilla, and
isabela.
6. nicole likes pepsi, but veronica and jonathan
prefer coke.
Editor's Notes
But before today’s topic, what did we did in the last class? Transitions what are they used for and the different kinds of transitions.
Call student’s names and see if they find something is wrong.
Ask what they know about capitalizations before explaining the topic.
Could you please give me examples of proper nouns and capitalizations.
Ask what are proper nouns
Ask what are proper nouns again
Ask for doubts, what are capitalizations, proper nouns
What can you see here? Does anyone needs to be capitalized?
Give sentences so that the student’s can correct them
In the following sentences, identify if the noun is proper or common.Rewrite the sentences using the correct capitalization rules.
