Totally Terrific Titles

Boost your students’ writing with instruction on book titles! A title should be catchy and inclusive of the content of a book. Use this lesson to teach your students the art and mechanics of writing terrific titles.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to write titles and headings using a synopsis of matching text.
Students will be able to use correct capitalization when writing titles and headings.

Introduction

(5 minutes)

Show the students a short clip of a movie trailer of choice.
Invite students to reflect on what they saw in the trailer. What actions did they see? What connections did they make?
Ask the students to determine the title of the movie and if they already know the title, explain how the title was reflected in the action that they saw.
Tell the students that they will be learning how to write unique titles that include correct capitalization.