Georgia 3.L.GC.1.41
The Standard
Mechanics: Use conventional capitalization and underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works. (Introduce)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Grammar Conventions
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students capitalize the first, last, and main words in titles. They choose quotation marks for short works and italics or underlining for longer works.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly capitalize words in titles. They use quotation marks for short works and italics or underlining for longer works.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may capitalize every word, including short words such as “and” or “the” in the middle. They may also use quotation marks for books or underline poems and songs.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Correct and format these handwritten titles: the wild robot (book), the lion and the mouse (fable), and frozen (movie).
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs title cards and mats labeled book, poem, song, and movie, then have them add capitals and the correct title marks.
Ask students to explain why a book title and a poem title are marked differently, then write one correct example of each.
Play Title Fix Relay: Teams correct capitalization and formatting on sentence strips, earning one point for each accurate repair.
Bring in a library book, song list, and movie poster, then compare how each title appears in print and handwriting.
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