Demonstrate knowledge of capitalization rules in a proofreading exercise.

In this lesson, students will learn that the language of casual exchanges on mobile devices is not acceptable in formal writing. They also develop some case sensitivity, the ability to use capital letters appropriately as you proofread...

This page reminds the writer to follow capitalization rules including for beginning of sentences, proper nouns, and titles of people and works.

This page explains the rule requiring the capitalization of the names of countries, nationalities, and languages with examples of each.

This page explains the rules for capitalizing titles: In informal writing all words may be capitalized, but in formal writing, articles, conjunctions, and prepositions are NOT capitalized unless they begin a sentence. Examples are provided.

This page explains the beginning letter of each sentence is always capitalized, even in direct quotes in the middle of sentences. Examples are provided.

This page provides rule and examples for the capitalization of the seasons. Seasons, although not generally capitalized, are capitalized in titles like all words are with the exception of articles and prepositions.

Use this handy chart to spot the capitalization rule which applies to your sentence. Scroll down to the bottom for links to practice exercises you can do in Microsoft Word.

"These games cover the general rules of capitalization of proper nouns and adjectives." Students find matching squares. Answers and new games are available.

This video lesson focuses capitalization in sentences including initial letter, proper nouns, interjections, and conversation fragments. Real Player is required.

This slideshow focuses on the rules for capitalizing proper nouns. It defines proper nouns and lists rules for capitalizing family relationships, names, titles, derivatives of proper nouns, months, holidays, countries, and languages.

This slideshow defines proper nouns, explains why they are capitalized, and offers the rules for doing so.

In this lesson, student learn that the language of casual exchanges on mobile devices is not acceptable in formal writing. They will also develop some case sensitivity, the ability to use capital letters appropriately as they proofread...

This page provides a detailed list of when capitalizing is necessary.

This lesson focuses on capitalization in titles; it includes general information about capitalizing titles, information about long works such as books and movies, and short works such as poems and songs. Real Player is required.

This lesson introduces the proper use of capitalization in sentences.

This page explains that call letters for radio and television stations are always in all capital letters and provides examples.

[Free Registration/Login Required] These lessons are intended to be used by English Language Arts teachers in grades 6-8 for a quick, whole-class review of the rules of capitalization.

This resource contains five rules for correctly using parentheses and a section regarding capitalization within parentheses. Examples are included for each of the rules.

This site from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation contains 12 capitalization rules with a link to exercises and a test.

This is a capitalization tutorial on when to capitalize the title, rank, or position of people. Good examples are given as well as a brief quiz to test your understanding.

This section of this page gives examples of capitalizing names of organizations, businesses, and institutions. It contains many other capitalization rules as well.

Rules and examples of proper noun capitalization are given.

If you scroll down to the middle of the page, you will find a section that explains the rules for capitalizing people's titles and the names of political entities.