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Capitalization, Mechanics, and Dialogue Punctuation

4th Grade · ELA · Open Global English

8 lessons

Goal

Capitalize historical eras, documents, nationalities, and titles accurately while punctuating direct speech and possessives.

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  1. Capitalizing Historical Periods and EventsUp next
  2. Capitalizing Historical Documents and TreatiesNot started yet
  3. Capitalizing Languages, Races, and NationalitiesNot started yet
  4. Punctuating Titles of Works With Underlining, Quotation Marks, and ItalicsNot started yet
  5. Using Apostrophes for Singular and Plural PossessivesNot started yet
  6. Punctuating Introductory and Concluding Dialogue TagsNot started yet
  7. Punctuating Divided and Interrupted QuotationsYou are here
  8. Placing Terminal Punctuation Within Quotation MarksNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

GlobalOGE.5.L.4Open Global English Standards 2026™ · 4th Grade

Demonstrate command of capitalization and punctuation conventions by capitalizing historical periods, events, documents, titles of works, languages, races, and nationalities; using commas before coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences; using apostrophes in possessives; and correctly punctuating direct and quoted speech with quotation marks, commas, and terminal boundary punctuation.