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Capitalization Review. Why we are learning English in World Cultures?. According to Mrs. Steele and Mrs. James, the 6 th grade need some additional time learning about capitalization. Even WE have seen it too! !. First Word. Proper Adjective. Proper Noun. Names. Titles. Dialogue.
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Why we are learning English in World Cultures? • According to Mrs. Steele and Mrs. James, the 6th grade need some additional time learning about capitalization. Even WE have seen it too!! First Word Proper Adjective Proper Noun Names Titles Dialogue
Why we are learning English in World Cultures? i would take my grandpa to texas roadhouse for my special lunch. in the book, a long walk to water, salvadut is forced to flee his home country of sudan because of a civil war. i chose to take my cousin on a special lunch because we both love chinese food. First Word Proper Adjective Proper Noun Names Titles Dialogue
Capitalization Review:ALL capitalization has been taken out. Where should we capitalize? we are going to learn when to capitalize while learning information about the various regions in africausing information from the pbswebsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ you should remember some of the tribes and regions from the picture book, “ashantito zulu: african traditions.”
Capitalization Review:ALL capitalization has been taken out. Where should we capitalize? SAHARA: tuaregs, from the sahara, are acting as guides to western adventure tourists. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rissani, morocco, a tiny desert oasis, offers several internet cafés, primarily for tourists about to embark on their own exploration of the famous deserts.
Capitalization Review:ALL capitalization has been taken out. Where should we capitalize? SAHEL: the sahelis widely french-speaking, islamicand takes its name (“shore”) from arabic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ parts of the region – like mali’slegendary timbuktu– are now more saharathan sahel.
Capitalization Review:ALL capitalization has been taken out. Where should we capitalize? ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS: home to eighty percent of africa’stallest mountains, the highlands, have helped shelter ethiopiafrom foreign conquest and preserve one of the world’s most distinct cultures. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The blue nilecourses through this region, the great rift valley sprawls in its center, and the simienand bale mountains enclose it on either side.
Capitalization Review:ALL capitalization has been taken out. Where should we capitalize? SAVANNA: africa’sgreatest savannas are a place dominated by sky and rolling grassland; the serengetiis the most famous. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ early man first appeared in the serengetiregion’s olduvaigorge some two million years ago.
Capitalization Review:ALL capitalization has been taken out. Where should we capitalize? SWAHILI COAST: Between novemberand march, omaniand indianships sailed south to the swahili coast, and returned home again on northern winds in julyand september. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ between monsoon periods, the traders lived among the coast’s bantu-speaking people.
Capitalization Review:ALL capitalization has been taken out. Where should we capitalize? RAINFOREST: in 1999, the six countries of the congobasin -- cameroon, central africanrepublic, republic of the congo, democratic republic of the congo, gabon, equatorial guinea -- pledged to harmonize forestry laws and form a joint watchdog system to track the effects of logging and poaching. one year later, they took the first step toward putting that pledge into action: the creation of the tri-national sanghapark, a reserve that will cover more than one million hectares of rainforest in cameroon, the central africanrepublic and the republic of congo.
Capitalization Review:ALL capitalization has been taken out. Where should we capitalize? GREAT LAKES: the great lakes of africa include some of the largest and most ecologically diverse freshwater systems on the planet. twisting down the two arms of the great rift valley like a chain of sapphires, the lakes are located in nine countries in east and central africa. eight of the 15 lakes in this region are considered to rank as "great lakes," a testimony to their size and depth. lake victoria, located between uganda to the west and tanzania and kenya to the east, ranks as the second-largest freshwater lake in the world after the u.s.’s lake superior.
Capitalization Review:ALL capitalization has been taken out. Where should we capitalize? SOUTH AFRICA: at the bottom of the continent, under the soil of southern africa, lies a very old and huge rock. this rock is called the kaapvalcraton, this massive geologic formation is over 2.6 billion years old, and is one of the most stable continental formations on the planet. in 1870, a gigantic deposit of diamonds was found near the south africantown of kimberley. just 16 years later, the world's largest deposits of gold were found at witwatersrandin south africa'scentral transvaalregion. the region boomed.
Capitalization Review:ALL capitalization has been taken out. Where should we capitalize? DIALOGUE: the following is an excerpt from “jumaand the honey guide” – jumawas puzzled. he thought the piece was for him. “but why, baba?” he asked. “there is so much honey in this piece! why should I leave it on a tree?” “because,” bakariexplained, “this is how we say asante to the kidege. after all, he found the nest. then he told us about it, and then he showed us just where to find it, didn’t he?” but jumadidn’t want to give up the honeycomb. he thought it was silly to waste good honey on a kidege. “but baba,” he complained, “why does the kidege need such a big piece? ithink we should take it all home.” “that would not be right,” bakaritold him. “it would be a selfish thing to do. the kidege would be very angry and make a bad thing happen.”
