Access Point #: LAFS.2.L.1.AP.2a (Archived Access Point)


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Capitalize dates, name of people, holidays, product names and geographic names.

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

(Across Text Types)

  • Identify a word that should be capitalized that is not (e.g., dates, names of people, holidays, product names and geographic names).
  • Capitalize names of people.
  • Capitalize days of the week and months of the year. 
  • Capitalize familiar geographic locations (e.g., city and or state).
  • Capitalize holidays.
  • Capitalize product names.

Number: LAFS.2.L.1.AP.2a Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 Cluster: Conventions of Standard English

Related Standards

Name Description
LAFS.2.L.1.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
  1. Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.
  2. Use commas in greetings and closings of letters.
  3. Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.
  4. Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).
  5. Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.



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