A three-page check on capital letters for names, places, days and the word I, for Year 1. Pupils circle the words that need a capital in a box of nine, such as ben, tuesday, london and priya. Next they rewrite three sentences, including My friend ben lives in cardiff. Then they write a sentence of their own using I, a friend's name and a day. Two reflection questions close the sheet. The key shows each corrected sentence. It follows England National Curriculum punctuation.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Using a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week, and the personal pronoun 'I'”
All four sections test the four rules: names like Ben and Priya, places like Cardiff, days like Tuesday, and I.
Nine words in a box. Pupils circle the five that need a capital and leave dog, apple and tree.
Three sentences to rewrite, such as Next week, priya and i are going swimming.
One sentence that must include I, a friend's name and a day of the week.
Pupils tick the capital rule they find hardest, then draw a face to show how they feel.
After a class story
Use it after a book with many character and place names, so pupils have just seen capitals in use.
Mistakes on the board
Write My friend ben lives in cardiff on the board first and fix it together.
Planning the next lesson
Look at the ticks in question 4. They show which rule the class thinks is hardest.
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