Capitalization

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Teaching the Boring Stuff Series
Teaching correct capitalization
to kids who aren’t crazy about
writing in the first place
C
HERYL
T
HURSTON
ILLUSTRATED BY
Z
ACH
H
OWARD
M
ILLER
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APITALIZATION
Teaching correct capitalization
to kids who aren’t crazy
about writing in the first place
Cheryl Miller Thurston
illustrated by Zach Howard
Cottonwood Press, Inc.
Fort Collins, Colorado
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 Table of contents
A note to teachers
5
Part I
7
Part II
8
The easiest rule in the world
10
The second easiest rule in the world—with complications
11
Being proper about proper nouns
12
Capitalize a Mexican chef
14
Capitalize Mount Everest
15
Capitalize Saturday
16
Capitalize Portuguese Presbyterians
17
Don’t capitalize directions
18
Don’t capitalize math
19
Capitalize the Civil War
20
Seasons are not months
21
Brand names are special
22
When do you capitalize your relatives?
23
Capitalize the World Wrestling Federation
24
Capitalize “The Return of the Glowing Fish Army”
25
Capitalize Doctor Snodgrass
26
The French dressing rule
27
Capitalize the Empire State Building—A Review
28
After the station wagon broke down—A Review
29
Dancing Daniel—A Review
30
The......?—A Review
31
Bug Attack—A Test
32
Answer Keys
35
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