remember mr. wright's classroom in punctuation takes a vacation? well, robin pulver takes us there again in the case of the incapacitated capitals,
where mr. wright tries to teach his students the proper use of capital
letters. he succeeds but not without the help of an emergency team.
(Wow, this paragraph desperately needs that team, too!)Possible activities for students to do with this book:
- The
students in Mr. Wright's class write a letter to the principal without a
single uppercase letter. Before reading the book together, ask your
students to highlight any lowercase letters which should be uppercase.
You can find the letter here
in pdf format. After you've read and discussed the book, have them do
it again, if the exercise was troublesome the first time.
- On various pages of the book, Pulver mentions words which should be capitalized. Invite your students to make a list with each one. Once the list is complete, have them make a table, adding examples for each category. Or they can use index cards, one for each category.
- Mr. Wright's students write a letter. Have your students write one, too, using words from as many categories as they can, emphasizing each capital letter with color.
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