105 Review
Convention: Capitalizing I
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will review how to choose a topic, make it better, add details, and choose better details. Students will also practice capitalizing the word I when writing about themselves.
Teaching Notes
- Review the four skills from this unit: choosing a topic, improving a topic, adding details, and choosing better details.
- Explain that review means practicing what we already learned.
- Remind students that the word I is always written with a capital letter.
- Model writing short sentences about yourself using a capital I.
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🧒 Student Worksheet
Helping Material
Good writers choose a topic and tell more about it with details.
They choose the best details to help the reader understand.
When you write about yourself, always write the word I with a capital letter.
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Modeled Improvement (Before → After)
1. Before: i like pizza.
After:
Why it’s better:
2. Before: i have a dog.
After:
Why it’s better:
3. Before: i play with friends.
After:
Why it’s better:
4. Before: i saw two birds.
After:
Why it’s better:
5. Before: when i read, i smile.
After:
Why it’s better:
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Writing Choices Q&A
1. What is a topic?
2. Why do writers add details?
3. What makes details better?
4. How do you write the word I?
5. Is i correct when writing?
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Mini Activities
1. Fix the Sentence
i like school
2. Say It Right
i play ball
3. Choose the Topic
Sentence: I like dogs.
4. Add a Detail
I like food.
5. Draw and Write
Write about yourself.
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Writing Samples
(5 samples · 3–5 sentences · review of skills + capital I)
About Me
My Favorite Food
Recess Time
My Pet
After School
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Reflection
- What writing rule did you remember today?