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:
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Beginning sentences:
The baby’s name is Sue-Ann. Jamaica is a Caribbean island.
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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
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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
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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.
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Exclamation
“Oh!” shouted the boy, “I have hurt my finger.” “Indeed!” exclaimed his father, “You should be thankful that you got off so lightly.”
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Reference to God or Christ
After Jesus had preached to the multitude, He proceeded on His way to Jerusalem.
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The pronoun. “I”
He advised me to travel by bus, but I told him that I preferred to travel by rail.
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Salutations: Sir, Madam, Her Excellency
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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