Title: Memorial Day Mechanics

Subject: Language Arts

Grade: 4
Description: Add capital letters where they are needed

Learning Objectives:
• Objective #1 add capitalization to the paragraph
• Objective #2 ad punctuation to the paragraph
Materials needed:
• Computer with internet access
• Printer
• Red pencil
• paper

Activity: Memorial Day Mechanics

Directions: Read the paragraph, notice that there is neither capitalization nor
punctuation in the paragraph. Add correct mechanics to this paragraph. Use a red
pencil to draw one line through each letter that should be capitalized and write the
capital letter above it. Using the red pencil add the correct punctuation.

Memorial Day Weekend

i awoke earlier than usual that memorial day the quiet sounds of the early morning

outdoors entertained me as i lay waiting for the others to awaken we always took our

boat to the lake on memorial day weekend and met our uncle john, aunt mary and the

cousins; ali, josh and julie at the cabin i was excited because ali, josh and i had

planned a full day of perch fishing from the boat dock last year i caught the most fish

and i planned to do it again today

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Answer Key

Memorial Day Weekend

I awoke earlier than usual that Memorial Day. The quiet sounds of the early morning

outdoors entertained me as I lay waiting for the others to awaken. We always took our
boat to the lake on Memorial Day weekend and met our Uncle John, Aunt Mary and the

cousins; Ali, Josh and Julie at the cabin. I was excited because Ali, Josh and I had

planned a full day of perch fishing from the boat dock. Last year I caught the most fish

and I planned to do it again today!

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