Reading/Language Arts
Grade 6
Capitalization of
Proper Adjectives
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Dear Parent or Guardian:
Your son or daughter is currently learning to identify the correct
use of capitalization in proper adjectives in a sentence. Here is
your chance to help him or her practice this important skill.
In this PAL Packet you will find a short activity for you and your
son or daughter to do. Please do the activity and The Back Page
this evening. Then sign your name on The Back Page and have your
son or daughter return it tomorrow.
Thanks for your help.
Sincerely,
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Your son or daughter’s teacher
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CAPITALIZING PROPER ADJECTIVES
Parent Pointer —
When reading and writing, it is important to be able to identify the
different parts of speech that a sentence may contain. One of those
parts of speech is an adjective. Adjectives help describe a noun in a
sentence. Sometimes adjectives can be proper names. These
adjectives are called proper adjectives. Using a capitalized proper
noun as an adjective forms a proper adjective. These proper
adjectives help describe the noun by telling “who” or “what kind.”
Reading In the Home, On the Go, and For the Fun of It —
DIRECTIONS: With your parent or partner, read and discuss the
information about proper adjectives on the Using Proper Adjectives
Correctly page. Then, follow the directions to read and correct the
sentences on the Capitalizing Proper Adjectives page.
Talk About It —
After you have finished the activity, turn to The Back Page to show
what you know.
Now go have some fun with the activity! (
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Using Proper Adjectives Correctly
A proper adjective is formed by using a capitalized proper noun as an
adjective. Proper adjectives should always be capitalized.
Example: The Main Street restaurant has the best French
fries in the city.
(Main Street functions as a proper adjective in the
sentence, describing the noun restaurant; and French
functions as a proper adjective in the sentence, describing
the noun fries.)
Reviewing Proper Nouns
Japanese
Carolina
Boston
American
Oregon
Mattel
Russian
October
Thanksgiving Wednesday
Using a Proper Noun as a Proper Adjective
The Japanese car broke down in the middle of the road.
My favorite football team is the Carolina Panthers.
An American sailor saved the boy from drowning.
The non-stop Oregon rainstorms have flooded many towns.
The Topeka railroads were damaged after the train derailed.
Two Russian cosmonauts manned the orbiting space station.
The October heat was unbearable.
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Capitalizing Proper Adjectives
Directions: In each of the following sentences, correctly capitalize the
proper adjectives by writing it above the incorrectly capitalized word.
1. The man ate chinese food for lunch.
2. My mom and dad ate most of the thanksgiving turkey.
3. Yesterday, a new boston museum opened.
4. We went to Kimera’s birthday party on friday night.
5. Our scout meeting is every wednesday night.
6. Jim Carrey’s new movie is coming out next thursday afternoon.
7. The arizona state university football team lost its first game.
8. My uncle John collected japanese art and trinkets.
9. Our family is buying a new compaq computer this weekend.
10. The eurostar train line runs between London and Paris.
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The Back Page
Talk About It
Parent —
Ask your son or daughter the following questions:
9What is a proper adjective?
9How do we know when to capitalize a proper
adjective?
Student —
Answer the above questions in complete sentences on the
bottom of this page (use the reverse side of this page if
needed).
OR
Do one of the following activities, using the reverse side
of this page:
9Write a short paragraph using at least five proper
adjectives. Make sure each proper adjective is
capitalized correctly.
9Make a list of proper nouns. Then, using them as
proper adjectives, write a sentence for each one.
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Student’s Name
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