DGP Week of March 15, 2010

This week’s Sentence: we read the novel the giver which was written by lois lowry and then we wrote an essay about it

Day One we – nominative pro. read – action verb the – article novel – common noun the giver – proper noun which – relative pro. was – helping verb written – action verb by - preposition lois lowry – proper noun and – coordinating conj. then - adverb we – nominative pro. wrote – action verb an - article essay – common noun about - preposition it – objective pro.

Day Two we read the novel (the giver) which (was written) (by lois lowry) and then we wrote an essay (about it) (the giver) – appositive phrase (was written) – verb phrase (by lois lowry) – prepositional phrase (about it) – prepositional phrase [we read the novel (the giver)] – independent clause [which was written (by lois lowry)] – dependent clause and [then we wrote an essay (about it)] – independ. clause

Day Three [we read VT the novel (the giver)] [which was DO Written VI (by lois lowry)] and [then we wroteVT OP an essay (about it)] DO OP

Compound – Complex Sentence Day Four We read the novel The Giver, which was written by Lois Lowry, and then we wrote an essay about it. First words of a sentence and proper nouns are always capitalized. Titles of major works are underlined. A dependent clause placed in the middle of two independent clauses should be set off in commas. This sentence is declarative. 2 independent clauses + 1 dependent clause = Compound – Complex Sentence

Day Five