DGP Week of March 29, 2010

This Week’s Sentence: our team washed cars sold candy and collected donations for our trip to cooperstown new york

Day One: our – possessive pro. team – common noun (collective) washed – action verb cars – common noun sold – action verb candy – common noun and – coordinating conjunction collected – action verb donations – common noun for – preposition our – possessive pro. trip – common noun to - preposition cooperstown new york – proper noun

Day Two and Three [our team washed cars sold candy and collected donations for our trip to cooperstown new york] Independent Clause [our team washed VT cars DO sold VT candy and collected VT donations OP DO (for our trip) (to cooperstown Prep. Phrase OP new york)] Prep phrase

Day Four Our team washed cars, sold candy, and collected donations for our trip to Cooperstown, New York. The first word of a sentence and proper nouns are always capitalized. When making a list of more than two items or actions, use commas to separate each thing in the list. Use the coordinating conjunction “and” before the last item in the list. When writing the name of a location, place a comma between the city and state. The sentence is making a statement, so it is DECLARATIVE. 1 INDEPENDENT CLAUSE = SIMPLE SENTENCE

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