Editing Lesson

Editing Lesson

Capitalization

We Capitalize...

• The first word in the sentence.

• Proper nouns.

• The pronoun "I."

• The first word in a quotation.

Multiple Choice

Which capitalization rule would you use to fix the following sentence?

Yesterday, samantha forgot to feed her new puppy.

• First word in the sentence.

• Proper nouns.

• The pronoun "I."

• First word in a quotation.

Multiple Choice

Which capitalization rule would you use to fix the following sentence?

Brian frowned, “that isn’t very funny.”

• First word in the sentence

• Proper nouns

• The pronoun "I"

• First word in a quotation

Multiple Choice

Which capitalization rule would you use to fix the following sentence?

i never knew i liked spaghetti so much.

• First word in the sentence.

• Proper nouns.

• The pronoun "I."

• First word in the quotation.

Multiple Choice

Which capitalization rule would you use to fix the following sentence?

the school day was too long for TJ.

• First word in the sentence.

• Proper nouns.

• The pronoun "I."

• The first word in a quotation.

Usage

Word Choice: To/Too/Two

• To = direction

• Too = also

• Two = 2

Word Choice: There/Their/They're

• There = place

• Their = they own

• They're = they are

Word Choice: Its / It's

• Its = it owns

• It's = it is

Punctuation

Rules about End Punctuation

• EVERY SENTENCE MUST END WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

  
  

• A question mark (?) ends an interrogative sentence. (Asks a question.)

• An exclamation point (!) ends an exclamatory sentence. (Excited/shouting).

• A period (.) ends a declarative sentence. (Most Common)

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct end punctuation:

What is Angela's birthday

• .

• ?

• !

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct end punctuation:

Wow, Kenji got a new puppy

• .

• ?

• !

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct end punctuation:

Language Arts is Christian's favorite class

• .

• ?

• !

Spelling

We will check spelling with Spell Check (but we'll double check because computers make mistakes!)