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Lesson Development

Activity 1:Capitalization Rules

Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter in uppercase and the remaining letters in lowercase.

Capitalize the first word of a document and the first word after a final punctuation mark (full stop, question mark, exclamation mark).

 Capitalize proper nouns—and adjectives derived from proper nouns.

Examples:
he is Brian’s father

In Juja

    Activity 2:Capitalization Checklist

    • Brand names
    • Companies
    • Days of the week and months of the year
    • Holidays
    • Institutions
      the University of Nairobi
    • Natural and artificial landmarks
      the Fourteen Fall, the Mount Kenya
    • Religions and names of deities
      Note: Capitalize the Bible (but biblical). Do not capitalize heaven, hell, the devil, satanic.
    • Special occasions
      the Olympic Games, the Cannes Film Festival
    • Streets and roads

    Capitalize specific geographical regions. Do not capitalize points of the compass.