KS3 Ppt about using capitals

2.  Today I am going to
understand when to use
capital letters in my work.
 Today I am going to
understand why we use
capital letters.

3. Make a list with a partner.
You have 1 minute
GO!

4.  Make a list with a partner.
 You have 1 minute
 GO!

5.  FOR EFFECT AND EMPHASIS!
 Proper Grammar.

6. Make a list with a partner.
You have 1 minutes
GO!

7. For the names of people:
Anthony Coleman
Barack Obama

8. For the names of places:
England
Birmingham

9. For the months of the year:
January
August

10. For the days of the week:
Monday
Saturday

11. At the start of a sentence!
The students are
in the canteen.

12. For the titles of books, films and music:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
The Fast and the Furious

13. For abbreviations such as:
UK
SBC

14. day
tuesday
david
teacher
scotland
motorway
october
school

15. day
Tuesday
David
teacher
Scotland
motorway
October
school

16.  In front of you there is an
extract from a
biography.......
 Hands up if you can tell
me what a biography
is.....

17.  The only problem is that , the biographer
hasn’t had a lesson on capital letters,
and has made all sorts of mistakes!
 Each of you should have a green pen...
 Now you are the teachers!
 Mark the work in front of you, underlining
any where the biographer has missed a
capital letter

18.  Mark the work in front of you, underlining
any where the biographer has missed a
capital letter.
 Underline, any other mistakes you can
see in the writing, such as full stops,
commas etc...
 Mark the work out of ten, how well do
you think the biographer did?

19.  Underline any where the biographer has
missed a capital letter.
 Underline any where the biographer has
made another mistake – spellings, full
stops, commas and any thing else you
spot.

20.  Write one or two paragraphs on
someone you really admire- for example:
Stephen Gerrard.
 You could write about any one you like,
perhaps a friend or a member of your
family.

21.  Write about some one you admire in a
biography-
 Make sure you remember:
 Capital letters
 Correct Spellings
 The writing should be between one or
two paragraphs, but if you want to write
more you can.

22.  Underline the capital letter
errors and other errors the
biographer has made!

23.  diana, princess of wales
was the first wife of charles,
Prince of whales, whome
she married on 29 july 1981,
and an international charity
and fundraising figure, as
well as a preeminent
celebrity of the late 20th
century

24.  her weddding to the prince of wales,
held at st pauls cathedral, was televised
and watcheed by a global audience of
over 750 million people after this
marriage she received the courtesie titles
princess of wales, duchess of cornwall,
duchess of rothesay and countess of
chester the marriage produced two
sons: princes William and harry, currentlie
second and third in line to the thrones of
the 16 commonwealth realms,
respectively.

25.  A public figure from the announcemente
of her engagement to the prince of
wales diana was born into an aristocratic
english family with royal ancestry, and
she remained the focus of worldwide
media scrutiny during and after her
marriage, which ended in divorce on 28
august 1996, including following her
death in a car crash in paris on 31 august
1997 and the subsequent display of
public mourninge a week later.

26.  diana also received
recognition for her charity
work and for her support of the
international campaign to ban
landmines from 1989, she was
the president of great ormond
street hopital for children, in
addition to dozens of other
charities

27.  What marks did you give the
biographer out of ten?
 How do you think the
biography could have been
improved?

28.  Come and write on the board
one thing you learned about
Diana!

29.  In your exercise books write down the
following, leaving enough lines for you to
write in…
 Three things the person sitting next to me
has learned this lesson
 1-
 2-
 3-

30.  When do we use a capital letter?
 We always use a capital letter at the
start of a sentence.
 We always use a capital letter for the
names of places, people and titles
(proper nouns).
 We always use a capital I for talking
about yourself