Writing Book Writing Book TitlesTitles

Mrs. Davis, 5th GradeLanguage Arts / Writing

Council Traditional School

CapitalizingCapitalizing• ALWAYSALWAYS capitalize the FIRSTFIRST word, the LASTLAST word, and

important words in the middle of: book & chapter titles,book & chapter titles,

movie titles,movie titles,

album & song titles,album & song titles,

magazine, newspaper, & article titles, magazine, newspaper, & article titles,

titles of television shows & titles of television shows & episodes,episodes,

titles of works of art, andtitles of works of art, and

titles oftitles of plays!plays!• DON’TDON’T capitalize small, meaningless words such as: a, an, the, and, of, to, for, with, or, by, in, on, etc.a, an, the, and, of, to, for, with, or, by, in, on, etc.

CapitalizingCapitalizing

• TTales ales of aof a FFourth ourth GGrade rade NNothingothing

• HHarry arry PPotter otter and theand the SSorcerer’s orcerer’s SStonetone

• TThe he SSummer ummer of theof the SSwanswans

• TThe he LLion, ion, thethe WWitch, itch, and theand the WWardrobeardrobe

• OOtherwise therwise KKnown nown asas SSheila heila thethe GGreatreat

• OOut ut of theof the DDustust

Underlining/Underlining/ItalicizingItalicizing

• ALWAYSALWAYS completely underline (when printing) or italicize (when typing):

book titles,book titles,

movie titles,movie titles,

album titles,album titles,

magazine/newspaper titles, magazine/newspaper titles,

titles of television shows,titles of television shows,

titles of works of art, &titles of works of art, &

titles oftitles of plays!plays!

Underlining/Underlining/ItalicizingItalicizing

• Tales of a Fourth Grade NothingTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s StoneHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

• Summer of the SwansSummer of the Swans

• The Lion, the Witch, and the WardrobeThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

• Otherwise Known as Sheila the GreatOtherwise Known as Sheila the Great

• Out of the DustOut of the Dust

Quotation MarksQuotation Marks• Consider thatConsider that book titles,book titles,

movie titles,movie titles,

album titles,album titles,

magazine/newspaper titles, magazine/newspaper titles,

titles of television shows,titles of television shows,

titles of works of art, &titles of works of art, &

titles oftitles of plays!plays!

are are majormajor works, so they are underlined or italicized… works, so they are underlined or italicized…

Quotation MarksQuotation Marks• What would come What would come INSIDEINSIDE a a majormajor work would be work would be

considered a considered a minorminor work (a work (a PART, not the , not the WHOLEWHOLE), so ), so we put it in quotation marks, but we we put it in quotation marks, but we CAPITALIZECAPITALIZE it just it just as we would the major works. Minor works include:as we would the major works. Minor works include:

book chapters, short stories, & poems, book chapters, short stories, & poems,

movie chapters, movie chapters,

song titles,song titles,

magazine & newspaper articles, magazine & newspaper articles,

television episodes, &television episodes, &

acts or scenes in playsacts or scenes in plays

Quotation MarksQuotation Marks• Book title (major):Book title (major):

Harry Potter Harry Potter and theand the Sorcerer’s Stone Sorcerer’s Stone

(J. K. Rowling)(J. K. Rowling)

• Book chapters (minor):Book chapters (minor):

““The Boy Who Lived”The Boy Who Lived”

““The Keeper of the Keys”The Keeper of the Keys”

““The Man The Man withwith Two Faces” Two Faces”

Quotation MarksQuotation Marks• Movie title (major):Movie title (major):

The NotebookThe Notebook

• Movie chapters (minor):Movie chapters (minor):

““Noah’s Last Letter”Noah’s Last Letter”

““Allie’s Return”Allie’s Return”

““Swan Song”Swan Song”

Quotation MarksQuotation Marks• Album title (major):Album title (major):

Back to Basics Back to Basics (Christina Aguilera)(Christina Aguilera)

• Song titles (minor):Song titles (minor):

““Here Here toto Stay” Stay”

““Back in the Day”Back in the Day”

““Enter Enter thethe Circus” Circus”

Quotation MarksQuotation Marks• Magazine title (major):Magazine title (major):

Rolling Stone MagazineRolling Stone Magazine

• Article titles (minor):Article titles (minor):

““Legends Legends ofof Rock” Rock”

““The Day the Music Died”The Day the Music Died”

““When Jazz Enters When Jazz Enters thethe ‘Hood” ‘Hood”

Quotation MarksQuotation Marks• TV show (major):TV show (major):

House, M.D.House, M.D. (Fox Television (Fox Television Network)Network)

• Episode titles (minor):Episode titles (minor):

““Needle Needle in ain a Haystack” Haystack”

““One Day, One Room”One Day, One Room”

““Lines Lines in thein the Sand” Sand”

POP QUIZ!POP QUIZ!

1.1. Write the title of the book you’re reading Write the title of the book you’re reading now.now.

2.2. Kelly Clarkson has an album titled Kelly Clarkson has an album titled breakawaybreakaway, and one of the songs is called , and one of the songs is called because of youbecause of you. Write the name of the . Write the name of the album and the song correctly.album and the song correctly.

3.3. Write the name of your favorite movie.Write the name of your favorite movie.

4.4. One episode of the TV drama, One episode of the TV drama, csi: miamicsi: miami, , was called was called dead woman walkingdead woman walking. Write . Write the name of the TV show and the episode the name of the TV show and the episode correctly.correctly.

POP QUIZ!POP QUIZ!

5. Is “Life” a magazine or a magazine article ?5. Is “Life” a magazine or a magazine article ?

6. Is 6. Is TemperTemper an album or a song? an album or a song?

7. Is 7. Is BlizzardBlizzard a book title or a chapter name? a book title or a chapter name?

8. Is “E. R.” a TV show or an episode name?8. Is “E. R.” a TV show or an episode name?

9.9. Is “Dog Team” a movie or a movie chapter? Is “Dog Team” a movie or a movie chapter?

10.10.Is Is Mardi GrasMardi Gras the name of a play or an act or the name of a play or an act or scene in a play?scene in a play?