Georgia 4.L.GC.1.35
The Standard
Mechanics: Recognize and use conventional capitalization in abbreviations, proper adjectives, and formal titles. (Master)
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 identify words that need capital letters in shortened forms, adjectives formed from proper nouns, and titles used with names. They apply these rules when editing and writing sentences.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student correctly writes forms such as Dr., U.S., African, and Principal Gomez. The student explains why principal is lowercase as a general job name but uppercase in Principal Gomez.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may capitalize every job title or leave titles lowercase before names. They may write proper adjectives such as American in lowercase, or assume every abbreviation uses all capitals.
How to Assess It
- Edit this sentence: president Lee, a mexican leader, read a u.s. report. Label each correction as title, proper adjective, or abbreviation.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Students sort word cards into Correct and Fix It columns, using examples like Dr., spanish, U.S., and principal Harris.
Ask: Why is Mexican capitalized in Mexican food, while spicy is not, and when should mayor be capitalized?
Run an editing relay where teams correct one abbreviation, proper adjective, or title on each sentence strip before passing it.
Students scan a school newsletter for abbreviations, proper adjectives, and titles, then record five examples exactly as printed.
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Related Standards
- 5.L.GC.1.41
Mechanics: Use conventional capitalization and underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works. (Master)
- 3.L.GC.1.35
Mechanics: Recognize and use conventional capitalization in abbreviations, proper adjectives, and formal titles. (Introduce)
- K.L.GC.1.4
Mechanics: Capitalize the first word of a sentence and the pronoun I. (Introduce, Master)
- 2.L.GC.1.12
Mechanics: Capitalize proper nouns. (Master)
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