DGPFor the week ofNovember 2 - 6

This week’s sentence:

antonio and his best friend minwere looking for trouble and theyfound it quickly

Monday’s Check:

Antonio (proper noun) and (coordinatingconjunction) his (possessive pronoun) best(adjective) friend (common, concrete, singularnoun) min (proper noun) were (helping verb)looking (action verb) for (preposition)trouble (abstract, singular, common noun) and(coordinating conjunction) they (subjectivepronoun) found (action verb) it (objectivepronoun) quickly (adverb)

Tuesday’s Check:

Independent Clause

[antonio and his best friend min(were looking) (for trouble)] and

[they found it quickly] Independent Clause[] = clause() = phrase

Wednesday & Thursday’s Check:[Antonio and his best friend Min transitive verb DO OP

(were looking) (for trouble)], and transitive verb DO

[they found it quickly].• Making a statement = Declarative (ends with a period)• 1 Independent Clause + a comma & coord. Conjunction + 1Independent Clause = COMPOUND SENTENCE• 2 ind. Clauses can be formed into a compound sentence by putting a

comma and coordinating conjunction OR a semicolon between them. ; (*you can also use ; however,)

Let’s Graph It!

Friday’s Check

Antonio were lookingfriend (Min)

and

Friday’s Check

Antonio were lookingfriend (Min)

trouble

and

for

Friday’s Check

Antonio were lookingfriend (Min)

and trouble

and

for

Friday’s Check

Antonio were lookingfriend (Min)

and trouble

they

and

for

Friday’s Check

Antonio were lookingfriend (Min)

and trouble

they found

and

for

Friday’s Check

Antonio were lookingfriend (Min)

and trouble

they found it

and

for

Friday’s Check

Antonio were lookingfriend (Min)

and trouble

they found it

and

for

quickly