class activity in your do now section of your notebook please write down an answer to the following...
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Class Activity
In your DO NOW section of your notebook please write down an
answer to the following questions.
Along with getting to know you all a little better, the objective of this lesson is
CAPITALIZATIOCAPITALIZATIONN
What are Proper Nouns?What are Proper Nouns?
It’s actually quite simple. Proper nouns are SPECIFIC people,
places & things.
EXAMPLES OF EXAMPLES OF PROPER PROPER NOUNS:NOUNS:
Names- real people & characters Titles for people- Dr. Jones, Professor
Smith, Aunt Maria, Uncle Mike, Grandma Sue
Countries, states, counties, cities, towns, continents, oceans, rivers, planets
Specific buildings, landmarks, specific parks, specific zoos, stadiums, museums, restaurants
EXAMPLES OF EXAMPLES OF PROPER NOUNS PROPER NOUNS
(CONT):(CONT): Months, days of the week, Titles of books, magazines, short
stories, movies, newspapers, articles, song titles, band names, etc…
Brand names, sports teams, stores, Street names specific animal species (Silver Back
Gorilla) Abbreviations (NJ, Dr. Mr. Mrs., Prof.)
All of your answers to my questions that were written on the board were specific; therefore, they MUST be MUST be capitalized!capitalized!