Week 4 – Lesson 1

Subject: Language Arts
Grade  :  4
Date     : October 5  2020
Topic    : Capital Letters
 
 

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Learning how to use capital letters correctly is a very 
important part of writing. Capital letters are used for:

1. Beginning sentences:

The baby’s name is Sue-Ann.
Jamaica is a Caribbean island.

1. Proper nouns:

Remember: Proper nouns are special names of persons, 
places, things, days of the week and months of the year. 
Jillian, Caribbean, Friday, November

1. Titles of books, people, movies:

Carlong Integrated Assessment Tests: Year 4 – Language Arts
Dr. James Kent
The Honourable Louise Bennett-Coverley
Gone With the Wind

1. Lines of poetry

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills, 
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils,
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

1. Exclamation

“Oh!” shouted the boy, “I have hurt my finger.” “Indeed!”
 exclaimed his father, “You should be thankful that
 you got off so lightly.”

1. Reference to God or Christ

After Jesus had preached to the multitude, He proceeded on 
His way to Jerusalem.

1. The pronoun. “I”

He advised me to travel by bus, but I told him that I preferred 
to travel by rail.

1. Salutations: Sir, Madam, Her Excellency

1. Special groups and nationalities: 

Girl Guide Association of Jamaica
Trinidadian
10.Abbreviations: 
 U.W.I., UNESCO, CARICOM, P.O., Ph.D.
 
You may find additional information in your New Junior 
English Revised on pages 87 and 88.
Activities
Language Arts Workbook 4 – page 58, Exercises 1 and 2,
 page 59, Exercise 4 and page 60, Exercise 5.
Homework
Language Arts Workbook 4 – page 60; Exercise 6
Here is tomorrows work 
The Capital Letter (continued)
1. Integrated Assessment Papers – page 87; Exercise 5 and 
page 88; Exercise 6. 
Exercise 6 must be done in Language Arts notebooks.
2. From your New Junior English Revised, page 88 and
 Exercise 117, pick out eight (8) words from the list that
 need a capital letter. 
Use them in sentences of your own. 
And finally this is work for the day after
New Junior English Revised – page 89; Exercise 118
Homework 
This home work relates to todays lesson.
New Junior English Revised – page 89; Exercise 119