Grade 4 Fall — Persuasive/Argument Writing, Compound-Complex Sentences, Relative Clauses, and Modal Auxiliaries
English · GR
G4
eng.g4.f.gr.title_capitalization_dialogue_punct
Apply title capitalization (L.4.2.a) and commas/quotation marks for dialogue and quoted text (L.4.2.b, L.4.2.c)
Capitalize the FIRST and LAST word of a title; capitalize all important words (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs); lowercase short articles, prepositions (<5 letters), and coordinating conjunctions unless they are the first or last word. Apply L.4.2.b commas and quotation marks to direct speech and to quoted material from a text. Apply L.4.2.c comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
12
Typical minutes
35
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Successors
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eng.g5.f.gr.punctuation_advanced_dashes_parens
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Common misconceptions
- Capitalizes every word of a title (including 'the', 'and', 'of') OR capitalizes only the first word.
- Omits comma before FANBOYS coordinator in a compound sentence, producing a comma-splice OR a run-on.