Capitalising titles

Key Notes:

📚 Capitalising Titles

What is a Title?

A title is the name of a book, story, movie, song, or article.
Examples:

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
  • The Lion King 🦁
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star ✨

Image idea: A stack of books or a movie poster with titles highlighted.

Important Rule:

In titles, we capitalize:

  1. The first word of the title ✅
  2. The last word of the title ✅
  3. All main words (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) ✅

Do NOT capitalize:

  • Short words like a, an, the, and, or, but, in, on, at (unless they are the first or last word) ❌

Example:

  • Correct: Charlotte’s Web ✅
  • Wrong: charlotte’s web ❌

Image idea: Highlighted title with capital letters in bright colours.

Examples of Titles and Capitalisation:
TitleCorrect Capitalisation
the little princeThe Little Prince 📖
harry potter and the chamber of secretsHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ⚡
a tale of two citiesA Tale of Two Cities 🏰
alice in wonderlandAlice in Wonderland 🐇
Tips for Remembering:
  1. ✨ First & last words are always capitalized
  2. ✨ Capitalize important words
  3. ✨ Skip little words (unless first or last)

Fun trick: Think of titles as “special names” for books, songs, and stories — they deserve big letters! 🎉

Quick Practice:

Rewrite the titles correctly:

  1. the cat in the hat 🐱
  2. harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban ⚡
  3. a wrinkle in time ⏳

Answers:

  1. The Cat in the Hat ✅
  2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ✅
  3. A Wrinkle in Time ✅
💡 Tip for teachers/handouts:

Add fun icons next to titles (book, crown, star, magic wand) to make notes lively and memorable.

let’s practice!