Using Capital Letters
Grade 8th Grade · ELA · 45 min
What's Included
Learning Objective
I can apply standard capitalization rules in my writing.
Warm-Up Video
Tutoring Hour · 4:25
Capitalization Rules for Kids | M.I.N.T.S – The Trick to Perfect Capitalization
Guided Notes
3 key concepts
- 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.
Practice Questions
10 questions · Multiple choice & Short answer
Exit Ticket
Quick comprehension check
“Rewrite the following sentence, correcting all capitalization errors based on the rules you learned: last tuesday, my brother tom and i visited the grand canyon in arizona to celebrate his birthday in june.”
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