Language Arts Manual Vol. 4: Elementary I
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: CAPITALIZATION
I. KEY EXPERIENCE..................................................................................................................2
II. PARTICULAR NAMES..........................................................................................................5
III. THE WORD ‘I’....................................................................................................................8
IV. DAYS OF THE WEEK..........................................................................................................11
V. MONTHS OF THE YEAR....................................................................................................13
VI. GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS....................................................................................15
VII. BRANDS, TITLES, EVENTS, STRUCTURES, AND PEOPLES......................................19
VIII: LIVING AND NON-LIVING PROPER NAMES..........................................................23
CHAPTER 2: PUNCTUATION - THE PERIOD
I. KEY EXPERIENCE..................................................................................................................32
II. THE SENTENCE..................................................................................................................35
III. THE PHRASE........................................................................................................................37
IV. PHRASES CAN MAKE SENTENCES...................................................................................40
V. THE PARAGRAPH................................................................................................................43
VI. SENTENCES CAN MAKE PARAGRAPHS......................................................................45
VII. ABBREVIATION KEY EXPERIENCE..................................................................................51
VIII. ABBREVIATIONS AND THE CALENDAR.......................................................................54
IX. ABBREVIATIONS FOR THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR................................................57
X. ABBREVIATIONS AND THE CALENDAR......................................................................60
XI: ABBREVIATIONS FOR THE NAMES OF PEOPLE.......................................................62
XII: ABBREVIATIONS FOR GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS..........................................64
XIII. CLASSIFICATION OF ABBREVIATIONS...................................................................67
CHAPTER 3: PUNCTUATION - QUESTION
I. KEY EXPERIENCE..................................................................................................................73
II. THE QUESTION...................................................................................................................76
III. THE QUESTION AND THE STATEMENT.....................................................................78
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CHAPTER 4: PUNCTUATION - EXCLAMATION MARK
I. KEY EXPERIENCE................................................................................................................81
II. THE EXCLAMATION AND THE QUESTION................................................................84
III. PERIOD, QUESTION MARK AND EXCLAMATION MARK.......................................86
CHAPTER 5: PUNCTUATION - APOSTROPHE
I. KEY EXPERIENCE - CONTRACTIONS................................................................................94
II. CONTRACTIONS...............................................................................................................92
III. TEACHER INFORMATION..............................................................................................98
IV. KEY EXPERIENCE II - SINGULAR POSSESSIVE CASE...................................................99
V. SINGULAR POSSESSIVE CASE......................................................................................103
VI. KEY EXPERIENCE III - PLURAL POSSESSIVE CASE.................................................106
VII. PLURAL POSSESSIVE CASE..........................................................................................109
VIII. SINGULAR POSSESSIVE CASE AND PLURALS....................................................112
CHAPTER 6: PUNCTUATION - COMMA
I. KEY EXPERIENCE...............................................................................................................118
II. NOUNS IN A SERIES.......................................................................................................121
III. ADDRESSES......................................................................................................................127
IV. STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE........................................................................................130
V. DAY, YEAR.........................................................................................................................131
VI: THE LETTER......................................................................................................................134
VII. APPOSITIVE KEY EXPERIENCE.......................................................................................139
CHAPTER 7: PUNCTUATION - QUOTATION MARKS
I. KEY EXPERIENCE I............................................................................................................144
II. KEY EXPERIENCE II...........................................................................................................149
III. QUOTATIONS................................................................................................................152
IV. QUOTATIONS FROM LITERATURE................................................................................157
V. TITLES................................................................................................................................162
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CHAPTER 8: PUNCTUATION - HYPHEN
I. KEY EXPERIENCE - THE PARAGRAPH.................................................................................166
II. THE PARAGRAPH...........................................................................................................169
CHAPTER 9: PUNCTUATION - THE COLON
I. KEY EXPERIENCE...............................................................................................................172
MATERIALS LIST.................................................................................................................................173
MATERIAL SOURCES.....................................................................................................................192
RECOMMENDED READING.............................................................................................................194
BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................................................197
ADDITIONAL TITLES AVAILABLE..................................................................................................198
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