Capitalization Rules - 1st Word
Mike Thomson
This ready-to-use capitalization lesson helps middle and high school teachers reinforce essential grammar skills through engaging content. The resource features whimsical sentences about dragons, zombies, and robots to make basic capitalization practice feel fresh and age-appropriate. Perfect for bell work, grammar warm-ups, or writing intervention sessions, this material addresses the common issue of sentence-level errors in secondary student writing without feeling elementary.
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