{
  "title": "Capital Letters for Names and “I”: Clear Rules for Young Writers",
  "lecture": "**Capitalization** means starting special words with a big letter, and punctuation marks help organize sentences so they are easy to read.  \nIn English, we capitalize the first word of a sentence, the pronoun `I`, and **proper nouns**—*names of people, places, and specific things*.  \nBy the `1700s`, printers had settled on capitalizing `I` and proper names to make reading clear and respectful, a practice you still use today.  \nThe big idea is simple: names and `I` are special, so they wear a \"capital hat\" to stand out. 🌟  \nHere are the core rules you will use in kindergarten and beyond:  \n- **`I` is always capitalized**, no matter where it appears in the sentence.  \n- Capitalize names of people like `Sarah`, titles with names like `Dr. Smith`, and family words when they are names, like `Grandma`.  \n- Capitalize places: cities (`London`, `New York City`), countries (`Canada`, `Italy`), and landmarks (`Eiffel Tower`).  \n- Capitalize the first and important words in book titles, such as `Harry Potter`.  \n- Do not capitalize common words like `brother`, `city`, or `park` unless they are part of a name.  \n> \"Names and `I` are special words—give them a capital hat!\" 👍  \nThese rules help readers know exactly who, where, and what you mean, which prevents confusion and shows respect.",
  "graphic_description": "Design an SVG poster titled 'Capital Letters for Names and I'. Left column shows a lowercase word turning into uppercase with a fun 'cap' hat on the first letter: a big letter 'I' wearing a bright blue hat and smiling. Middle column shows three panels: 1) A city sign that says 'london' turning into 'London' with the L popping up in green; 2) A passport page with the country 'canada' corrected to 'Canada' in bold navy; 3) A landmark label 'eiffel tower' corrected to 'Eiffel Tower' with a small icon of the tower. Right column shows a name badge 'hello, my name is sarah' corrected to 'Hello, my name is Sarah', and a book cover that reads 'harry potter' corrected to 'Harry Potter' in gold. At the bottom, add a sentence strip showing 'i visited new york city last summer.' corrected to 'I visited New York City last summer.' with green check marks on correct capitals and light gray x marks on incorrect ones. Use friendly colors, rounded shapes, and arrows indicating the change from lowercase to uppercase, plus a legend: green = correct, red = fix needed.",
  "examples": [
    {
      "question": "Fix the sentence: i visited new york city last summer.",
      "solution": "Step 1: Capitalize the pronoun `I` because `I` is always capitalized.  \nStep 2: Capitalize the proper noun `New York City` because it is the name of a specific city.  \nStep 3: The word `summer` is a season and stays lowercase in this sentence.  \nFinal answer: I visited New York City last summer. 🎉",
      "type": "static"
    },
    {
      "question": "Which word should be capitalized in the sentence: 'My friend lives in london.'?",
      "solution": "Step 1: Look for names of specific places.  \nStep 2: `london` is a city name, so it must be capitalized.  \nStep 3: Correct the sentence to: My friend lives in London.  \nReason: City names are proper nouns and take a capital letter. 👍",
      "type": "static"
    },
    {
      "question": "Correct the title capitalization: my favorite book is 'harry potter'.",
      "solution": "Step 1: Capitalize the first word of the sentence: `My`.  \nStep 2: Capitalize the important words in the book title: `Harry Potter`.  \nStep 3: Put it together: My favorite book is 'Harry Potter'.  \nWhy: Titles and names are proper nouns, so they get capital letters. ✨",
      "type": "static"
    },
    {
      "question": "Which sentence is capitalized correctly? 🎯",
      "solution": "Correct answer: A.  \n- A) 'I enjoy playing soccer.' is correct because `I` is capitalized and `soccer` is a common noun, so it stays lowercase.  \n- B) 'i enjoy playing Soccer.' is wrong because `i` should be `I`, and `Soccer` should be lowercase.  \n- C) 'I Enjoy playing soccer.' is wrong because `Enjoy` should not be capitalized in the middle of a sentence.  \n- D) 'i Enjoy Playing Soccer.' is wrong for multiple reasons: `i` should be `I`, and the other words are not proper nouns.",
      "type": "interactive",
      "choices": [
        "A) I enjoy playing soccer.",
        "B) i enjoy playing Soccer.",
        "C) I Enjoy playing soccer.",
        "D) i Enjoy Playing Soccer."
      ],
      "correct_answer": "A"
    },
    {
      "question": "Choose the correctly capitalized sentence about a famous place. 🗼",
      "solution": "Correct answer: B.  \n- A) 'I visited the eiffel tower in paris.' is wrong because `eiffel tower` and `paris` must be `Eiffel Tower` and `Paris`.  \n- B) 'I visited the Eiffel Tower in Paris.' is correct: `I` is capitalized, and the landmark `Eiffel Tower` and the city `Paris` are proper nouns.  \n- C) 'i visited the Eiffel tower in paris.' is wrong because `i` should be `I`, `tower` should be `Tower`, and `paris` should be `Paris`.  \n- D) 'I visited the Eiffel tower in paris.' is wrong because `tower` and `paris` need capitals.",
      "type": "interactive",
      "choices": [
        "A) I visited the eiffel tower in paris.",
        "B) I visited the Eiffel Tower in Paris.",
        "C) i visited the Eiffel tower in paris.",
        "D) I visited the Eiffel tower in paris."
      ],
      "correct_answer": "B"
    }
  ],
  "saved_at": "2025-09-29T17:51:47.348Z"
}