Using Capital Letters

Using Capital Letters

8th Grade · ELA · 45 min

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Learning Objective

I can apply standard capitalization rules in my writing.

  • 1

    The M.I.N.T.S. acronym helps remember capitalization rules, where 'M' stands for months and days of the week, and 'I' stands for the pronoun I.

  • 2

    The 'N' in M.I.N.T.S. reminds us to capitalize the names of people, places, and specific things.

  • 3

    For 'T' in M.I.N.T.S., capitalize the first word, last word, and all important words in titles, and 'S' means to capitalize the first word at the start of every sentence.