Use of Capital Letters

When to use a capital letter

Should all sentences start with capital letters? 

• YES! 

What other things should start with a capital letter? 

• Proper Nouns

• Titles 

• I as a pronoun 

What is a Proper Noun? 

• Think of proper nouns as names of persons, place, holidays, months, or names of things 

• Example: Chandler, Wal-Mart, Arkansas, Mount Magazine, Main Street, Chenal Elementary, Ford F-150 

What are titles? 

• books, movies, songs 

What about I? 

• When we use I as a pronoun it should always be capitalize. 

• I like cookies. 

• My friends and I are going to the movies.