Teacher Oliva & Teacher Mesias

December 1, 2014 – Monday | 4:00 – 5:30 PM

Good afternoon! You’ll be with us for now.

1.Sing the Alphabet song in reverse order.

2.LessER mistakes = more chances of winning

H.A.N.G!

AB

CD

EF

G

UOY NOW!

SPACES

SYMBOLS($,%,&,*,#,@)

numbers(0+, XXV, IV+)

LETTERS(A-Z)

S.N.L.S

Kitty Perry &Kitty Perry 2.0

Misleading Cases

(divergent, Divergent)

(Insurgent = insurgent)

Accented Letters

(ä,æ,ç,ê,î,ø,Đ,Ħ = a,ae,c,e,I,o,D,H)

Roaming Punctuations

Ignore it. Except in decimals.

LOOK OUT!m.a.r

MAAAAARRR!!!

Two Systems of Alphabetizing

Word by Word

(Nothing comes before Something)

Letter by Letter

(All Through)

1st Unit 2nd Unit Alphabetized

Friendship Friend Ship FriendlessFriendshipFriendless Friend less

1st Letter 2nd Letter Alphabetized

Brain B R BeingBrainBeing B E

Rule #1 Arabic Numbers are usually

alphabetized exactly as written, not as they are

spelled out (if individual entries).

32nd, 33rd, 31st? Ignore the letters. Normal Alph.

Arabs before English (24 before twenty-four)

Remember the S.N.L.S!

24th

31st

Twenty-four

Word Numbers are alphabetized as they are

spelled out, not as you count.

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Five

Four

One

Six

Three

Two

Cont. of Rule #1 Numerals

Cont. of Rule #1 Numerals

Say NO! to punctuations in Arabic numbers.

Except ofc on Decimals.

Remember M.A.R!

.001

.578

.626

1,119

1,120

1,121

Roman numbers? Alphabetize first then count.

Cont. of Rule #1 Numerals

XXV Barbecue

XXVI Barbecue

Banana Q

Banana S

Lechon III

Lechon IV

Lechon V

Remember the S.N.L.S!

Numeric names are always filed as though spelled out

(for multiple entries).

Cont. of Rule #1 Numerals

A 1 Repair Service

10th Floor Lounge

900 Club

5000 Cornell Apts.

5001 Bldg.

A One Repair Service

Five Thousand Cornell Apts.

Five Thousand One Bldg.

Nine Hundred Club

Tenth Floor Lounge

Rule #2 Punctuations within words

(hyphens) ignore ‘em. Consider the

hyphenated word/s as one.

Use-N-Save Company

Buy-One-Take-One

BuyOneTakeOne

UseNSave Company

Possessive ‘s = As it is or delete ‘’

P. Plural s’ = S is part of the word.

Teal’s Garden

Boxers’ Alley

Papers’ World

Asia’s Star Hotel

Asia’s Star Hotel

Boxers Alley

Papers World

Teals Garden

Cont. of Rule #2 Punctuations (‘s and s’)

Normal Alph.

Rule #3 Abbreviations are alphabetized as they

are spelled out (individual entries).

faculty clubs

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

FPJ (Fernando Poe Junior)

NOW (National Organization for Women)

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

North Pole

PMS (PreMenstrual Syndrome)

When letters are used together to form a name,

no need to spell out (multiple entries).

AA Driving School

ARF Pet Care

AA (Associate of Arts)

FPJ Movie Series

BB Cosmetics

WGN Company

Cont. of Rule #3 Abbreviations

Rule #4 Titles are

alphabetized by the

first main word, with

initial articles (A, An,

The) put at the end

of the entry if

extrinsic.

Fault in Our Stars, The

Fifty Shades of Grey, The

Monthly Notice, A

Narrative Report, A

Story of Romeo, The

Articles intrinsically married with the words

don’t touch them. As it is. Normal Alph.

A Christmas Carol

The Book Thief

The Garden City, New York

The Tempest

Cont. of Rule #4 Art., Conj., Prep.

Disregard conjunctions, articles and

prepositions within words.

Stop & Go Groceries

Top of the World Bar

Cont. of Rule #4 Art., Conj., Prep.

Stop Go Groceries

Top World Bar

Prepositions at the beginning = leave ‘em out.

By Womens’ Designs

On the Pier Lighthouse

Cont. of Rule #4 Art., Conj., Prep.

By Womens Designs

On Pier Lighthouse

Rule #5 Words That Are Similar. If you find

that two words are spelled the very same way

at the beginning, but one stops and the other

continues, the shorter one comes first.

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ink-cap Remember the S.N.L.S!

Up Next:

Alphabetizing Names

& Activities

to be presented by

Teacher Donessa Mesias