Summary
what’s wrong with this sentence? In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby will teach you the answer, along with several other useful rules about capitalization! Using a game-show format that will delight fans of daytime reruns, Tim and Moby explain the difference between proper nouns and common nouns; whether or not pronouns need to be capitalized; and which of the months and days on your calendar need to be spelled with capital letters! You’ll learn what part(s) of a person’s name deserve(s) a capital letter, and which words in the titles of books, movies, and plays should start with big letters instead of small ones. Watch this movie and help Moby (and his friends) win a year’s supply of Rice-a-Robot, the BrainPOP-licious treat!
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
A few questions to talk through after watching Capitalization:
- What is one new thing you learned about capitalization?
- Can you explain it to a partner in your own words?
- Where might you see this in the real world?
- What is one question you still have?
Quick work-a-long
Try it:
- Write one sentence explaining capitalization.
- Draw or give one example of your own.