me nd e your name se your hand ctives Writing LANGUAGE & LITERACY My name is Farouk Farah. Capitalization Capital letters Examples beginning of a sentence My name is Anita. first and last names My name is Anwar Nasser. languages You speak English. the word I Dan and I speak English. countries I am from Venezuela. titles of people My math teacher is Mr. Lu. Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz capital letter lowercase letter 1 Write the sentences. Use capital letters. EXAMPLE: hello, mateo. ____________ 1. do your best. ______________________________________________________ 2. my english teacher is mr. cole. ______________________________________________________ 3. i am sam. ______________________________________________________ 4. i speak spanish. ______________________________________________________ 5. work hard. ______________________________________________________ 6. my first name is ana. ______________________________________________________ 7. good morning, ms. garcia. ______________________________________________________ 8. have fun in english class! ______________________________________________________ Hello, Mateo. CULTURE NOTE Are the rules for capital letters in your home language the same or different? Explain. 2 Write three sentences. Use capital letters. Share with a classmate. 1. _______________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________ Unit 1 | twenty-one 21 Unit 1 | 21 UNIT 1 / CONNECT TO GRAMMAR me and rite your name aise your hand ectives Writing I I r. Lu. : | DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Gather SLIFE and any ELs who might need substantial support into a small group. Offer direction about what to write about in Activity 2, as some students may not yet have enough language to write sentences. Provide a word bank that includes the names of some students, some of your students’ home languages, and their countries of origin. Have students use these words to write sentences. Amplify Have students work in pairs to create a word search that incorporates the names of the class’s home countries and their languages using lowercase letters. Student 1 creates the word search, and Student 2 tries to find each hidden word and correct the capitalization. Capitalization Discover and pre-teach vocabulary Teach the words capital and capitalization using the instructional routine. Add the words to the academic word wall. Grammar chart • Recognize uppercase letters as capitals Direct students to view the English alphabet. Write an uppercase A and lowercase a on the board. Clarify that uppercase letters and lowercase letters share the same name. Read the alphabet chorally. • Write the example sentences on the board and use colored letters to draw the eye to the capital letters. Add additional examples using the names of students from the class. • Use correct capitalization Point to the first word in the example sentence. Reiterate that the beginning of a sentence must have a capital letter. • Point to the first letter in the name and reiterate that the first letter of a name must be capitalized. Model how to rewrite the sentence using capital letters. Add color or underline the capital letters as an added visual cue. ANSWERS 1. Do your best. 2. My English teacher is Mr. Cole. 3. I am Sam. 4. I speak Spanish. 5. Work hard. 6. My first name is Ana. 7. Good morning, Ms. Garcia. 8. Have fun in English class. Use correct capitalization Model an example. On the board write My name is ___. Point out where the capital letters go. Culture note Have students turn and talk about capitalization in their home language. For example, in Arabic there are no capital letters, so learning the conventions of capitals can pose a challenge. Assessment Program Quiz: Connect to Grammar: Capitalization EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE 1 2 Formative Assessment • Talk and write: Names and languages Find five classmates. Ask their names and write them down. Ask, Where are you from? Write it down. Ask, What languages do you speak? Write them down. 51
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