Lesson Plan
Terrific Titles
Crafting a grabby title and headings is an important skill. A title is the first thing a reader sees, and frames the rest of the piece. In this lesson, students will learn strategies to create and correctly capitalize grabby titles.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify the strategies used in effective titles and how to correctly capitalize them.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Have students approach the board and write the titles of the books they are reading. Note the capitalization rules for titles and headings beforehand, and review titles for correct capitalization. The worksheet A Mighty Title includes the rules for capitalizing titles as well as some practice.
- Facilitate a see-think-wonder protocol. Students first comment on what they observe about the titles. This could include length (number of words) and the style (humorous, mysterious, etc.).
- Students should then share thoughts about the titles on the list. What thoughts come to mind when looking at all of these titles?
- Last, students will share what questions they have about the list of titles.