1. For the week of November 9 - 13
DGP
For the week of
November

2. are there any fish in the pond that we could catch and eat
This week’s sentence:
are there any fish in the pond that we could catch and eat

3. Day One Check:
Are (linking verb) there (adverb) Any (adjective) fish (common, concrete, Plural noun) in (preposition) the (article) pond (common, concrete, singular noun) that (relative pronoun) we (personal pronoun) could (helping verb) catch (action verb) and (coordinating conjunction) eat (action verb).

4. Day Two and Three Check:
VI independent clause OP
[are there any fish (in the pond)]
[that we (could catch) and eat]
(adverb) dependent clause VI VI

5. Day Four Check: Are there any fish in the pond that we
could catch and eat?
*This sentence asks a question, thus it is an
interrogative sentence.
*Interrogative sentences end with question marks.
*1 independent clause + 1 dependent clause =
COMPLEX sentence
*Remember that both relative pronouns and subordinating conjunctions can be used to begin dependent clauses.

6. Let’s Diagram It

7. Day Five’s Check
fish are

8. Day Five’s Check
fish are
any

9. Day Five’s Check
fish are
any
there

10. Day Five’s Check
fish are pond in
any
there

11. Day Five’s Check
fish are pond in
any
there
the

12. Day Five’s Check
there fish are pond in
any
there
the

13. Day Five’s Check
we there fish are pond in
any
there
the

14. Day Five’s Check
could catch we
there
fish are
pond in
any
there
the

15. Day Five’s Check could catch we eat there fish are pond any in there

16. Day Five’s Check could catch we eat there fish are pond and any in