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Capitalization Rules 

 

1. Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives.    ex. We saw the American flag in Texas.

    ex. We ate Mexican food last Thursday.

 

2. Capitalize the brand name but not the product.    ex. They use Crest toothpaste.     ex. Aaron bought some Nike tennis shoes.

 

3. Capitalize the sections of the country and the world.    ex.  We visited the West last summer.    ex.  There is often a war in the Middle East.

 

4. Capitalize school subjects ONLY if they are a language or have a number after them.

ex. My favorite subjects are Algebra II and Spanish; ex. My least favorite subjects are science and spelling.

 

 

5. Capitalize the first, the last, and all important words in a title.     ex.  Joey read “If You Give a Pig a Pancake.”  

  ex.  We sang “Happy Birthday to You” at the party.

 6. Capitalize the first word of a direct quotation.     ex.  Brittany said, ”Do you want to go with us to the mall?”     ex.  “Are you going,” asked Allison, “with us?”

 

7. Do not capitalize seasons of the year.    ex.  My favorite season is fall.    ex.  We will go to the beach this summer.

8. Do Not capitalize directions.         ex. We traveled south on Oak Street.

    ex. The skating rink is north of the movie theater.

Standards Folder

Each student will be required to bring his/her standards folder to class every day. All the standards that need to be learned this year are defined and explained on handouts which will be given to each student at the beginning of the year.

By reviewing  the standards in this folder with your child every week, you will be helping him/her to have a successful year.  

If your child loses his/her folder, you will have to send money for me to copy a new one for him/her. I only made enough copies for each child to have one set of standards.

 

Language and Writing Standards

I have not had time to update this yet. Please check next week. I taught 7th grade last year, so these are the standards for that grade.

 

Language Content

  • 7.3 spi 1 identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, and interrupters) within context.
  • 7.3 spi 2 recognize usage errors occurring within context (e.g., double negatives, troublesome words:  to, too, two, their, there, they're, lie, lay, sit, set).
  • 7.3 spi 3 identify the correct use of colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding a list of items) within context.
  • 7.3 spi 4 choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas (i.e., in direct quotation marks, with explanatory materials within the quote, proper use with end marks).
  • 7.3 spi 5 identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives, direct/indirect object, predicate), pronouns (i.e., agreement, reflexive, interrogative, and demonstrative), verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular, agreement, perfect tenses, verb phrases), adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative and superlative forms, adjective clauses), adverbs (i.e., comparative and superlative forms), interjection and conjunctions (i.e., coordinating, correlative, and subordinating) within context.
  • 7.3 spi 6 identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma + coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases and/or clauses.
  • 7.3 spi 7 identify the correct use of prepositions and prepositional phrases within context.
  • 7.3 spi 8 select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence (i.e., conjunctions, semicolons, and periods to join or separate elements) within context.
  • 7.3 spi 9 identify correctly or incorrectly spelled words in context.
  • 7.3 spi 10 identify the correct use of appositives and appositive phrases and infinitives and infinitive phrases within context.
  • 7.3 spi 11 select the appropriate use of underlining/italicizing with titles, specfic words, numbers, and letters.

Writing Content

  • 7.2 spi 1 complete a graphic organizer (i.e., clustering, listing, mapping, and webbing) with information from notes for a writing selection.
  • 7.2 spi 2 select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow of a writing sample.
  • 7.2 spi 3 identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade).
  • 7.2 spi 4 identify the audiance (formal/informal) for which the text is written.
  • 7.2 spi 5 select the appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph.
  • 7.2 spi 6 supply a missing piece of information in an outline.
  • 7.2 spi 7 rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.
  • 7.2 spi 8 identify individual written selections as technical, narrative, persuasive and/or descriptive in mode.
  • 7.2 spi 9 select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample.
  • 7.2 spi 10 select the best way to combine sentences to provide syntactic variety within context.
  • 7.2 spi 11 identify the sentence(s) irrelevant to a paragraph's theme or flow.
  • 7.2 spi 12 choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context and flow of ideas in a sentence.
  • 7.2 spi 13 select the most appropriate title for a passage.
  • 7.2 spi 14 identify levels of reliability among resources (e.g., eyewitness account, newspaper account, supermarket tabloid account, and internet source).
  • 7.2 spi 15 select illustrations, explanations,anecdotes, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas.