1. Capitalization: Titles of Books, Plays, and Stories

2. Directions On each of the following slides, your task is to determine how many words in each title should be capitalized.

3. (1) the curious incident of the raccoon in the night-time

4. (2) the adventures of tom sawyer

5. (3) alice in wonderland and through the looking glass

6. (4) where the wild things are

7. (5) the return of the magic monsters

8. (6) in the meadow by the pond there lived a frog

9. (7) how i captured the castle in three days

10. (8) because of winn dixie

11. (9) a bear called paddington

12. (10) diary of a wimpy kid

13. (11) true story of the three little pigs

14. (12) little house in the north woods

15. (13) journey to the river sea

16. (14) the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe

17. (15) harry potter and the philosopher’s stone

18. (16) from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankweiler

19. (17) where the mountain meets the moon

20. (18) i am invited to a party!

21. (19) lily’s purple plastic purse

22. (20) horton hears a who

23. (21) when the birds come back to town