Capitalization
Expository Text Features
Capitalization Rules
Wild Card
100
Q: What word should be capitalized? “I live in texas.”
A: Texas.
100
Q: Look at the article at your table. What is #2 called?
A: Example answers:
-Picture
-Image
-Visual
100
Q: What do you always capitalize at the beginning of a sentence?
-First Word
-Last Word
-Any Word
A: The first word
100
What colors do you mix to make the color purple
Red and Blue
200
Q:Yes or No: Should the word “history” be capitalized in this sentence: “I like history class”?
A: No
200
Q: Look at the article at your table. What is #5 called?
A: Example Answers:
-Information
-Facts
-Details
200
Q: What type of word should always be capitalized: “monday, tuesday, friday”?
a. General Places
b. Days of the Week
c. Nothing
A: b.Days of the Week
200
What animal is black and white, eats bamboo and usually lives in China?
A: Panda
300
Q: True or False: “Principal Martinez” need to be capitalized
A: True
300
Q: Look at the article at your table. Why is #3 important to the article? What does it do?
A: Possible Answers:
-It can help the reader understand what the article is about
-It is the title, the name of the article. Helps people understand
300
Q: True or False: You should capitalize the word “english” in this sentence: “I study english”?
A: True
300
Which famous sports team is this?
FC Barcelona
400
Q: Capitalize this sentence correctly: “my teacher ms. lee gives us homework.”
A: My teacher Ms. Lee gives us homework.
400
Q: Look at the article at your table. What is #4 called?
A: Caption
400
Q: Which word needs a capital letter? “My friend john is nice.”
A: John.
400
What country/flag is this?
Austrailia
500
List four (4) things that always need to be capitalized in a sentence
Examples:
Names of:
-People, places, days of the week, months, titles, holidays, etc
500
Q: Look at the article at your table. What is #1 called and what does it do in an article?
A: Subheading
What does it do? Tells you what the section or part of the article is about.
500
True or False: You should capitalize the word “school” in the sentence: “I go to school every day.”
A: False.
500
What is the biggest city in the U.S?
New York City