Unit 9
Students will:
 capitalize the names of the days of the week
 proofread for capitalization of the names of the days of the week
 write an informative weather chart for the days of the week
 capitalize the names of holidays
 proofread for capitalization of holidays
 write a paragraph comparing and contrasting holidays
 capitalize the names of the months of the year
 proofread for capitalization the names of the months of the year
 write a poem about months; have others identify months and the capital
letter that begins each one
 capitalize titles before names
 put a period after the titles
 Mrs., Mrs., Ms., and Dr.
 proofread for capitalization punctuation in titles
 write a narrative that includes people’s names and titles
 capitalize the first word, last word, and each important word in a book title
 underline book titles
 proofread for correct capitalization and underlining in book titles
 write an expressive letter to the author of a book
 end telling sentences with periods
 end questions with questions marks
 proofread for correct end marks of sentences
 write and identify different kinds of sentences
 fix run-on sentences
 recognize that a date includes a day, month, and year
 use a comma in dates between the day and the year
 proofread for correct usage of commas in dates
 write informative sentences for a yearbook that includes dates
 use comma between the names of a city and a state
 proofread for correct usage of commas in the names of places
 write a descriptive paragraph about a place using commas
 use quotation marks
 proofread for correct usage of quotation marks
 write a dialogue using quotation marks
 correctly use commas with quotation marks
 proofread for correct usage of commas, capital letters, and end marks in
quotations
 write sentences correctly using commas and quotation marks
 write capital letters and punctuation correctly for a journal entry
 write capital letter and punctuation correctly for a “sentence worm.”