1. DGP
WEEK OF January 5 - 8

2. This week’s sentence:
when ansleys brother beck was little his favorite movie was the jungle book

3. Day One
when (sub conjun) ansleys (poss proper noun) brother (common beck (proper noun) was (linking verb) little (predicate adj)
his (poss. pronoun)
favorite (adj)
movie (common noun)
was (linking verb)
the jungle book (proper noun)

4. [when ansleys brother beck was little] dependent clause
Day Two
[when ansleys brother beck
was little] dependent clause
[his favorite movie was the
jungle book] independent clause

5. [when ansleys brother (beck) appositive – no phrase
Day Two
[when ansleys brother (beck) appositive – no phrase
was little] dependent clause
[his favorite movie was the
jungle book] independent clause

6. when ansleys brother beck was VI little his favorite
Day Three
when ansleys brother beck
was VI little his favorite
movie was VI the jungle
book

7. when ansleys brother beck was VI little (pred. adj.)his
Day Three
when ansleys brother beck
was VI little (pred. adj.)his
Favorite movie was VI
the jungle book (pred.
nominative)

8. When Ansley’s brother Beck was little, his favorite movie was
Day Four
When Ansley’s brother Beck was
little, his favorite movie was
The Jungle Book.
Anytime a sentence begins with a dependent clause, the clause is set off with a comma.
Titles of major pieces like novels, movies, magazines, or album titles are underlined or italicized when writing.

9. Diagram It: brother (Beck) was little Ansley’s
movie was The Jungle Book
his favorite
When