Diagramming and Literature Unit Discussion

Today we will briefly review indirect objects, direct objects, predicate nominatives, predicate adjectives, prepositional phrases and how do diagram sentences with them!  Don't forget that there is a sentence diagramming video posted right before vacation.

There is a quiz on Friday where you will be given the diagrams for four sentences and have to properly fill in the blanks, and then you will be given three sentence for which you have to draw the diagram completely by yourself.

Afterwards, we will introduce the next unit.  You should have begun reviewing the book talk videos on your own (they are below).  If you haven't finished, do so tonight.  We will pick groups tomorrow.

You need to have a group (within your class) of at least 3-4 people.  You need to decide the level of book you want to read as a group, so you all have to pick the same level.

The level of book you read (standard, college prep., or honors) does not necessarily have to be the level of essay you write.

Homework:
Watch book talk videos if you haven't already.
You need to pick your group by tomorrow in class, and book level.
Books need to be chosen by Friday, signed out or acquired by Monday (or lunch detention)
Sentence diagramming quiz on Friday.

SVID and SVPnom/Padj.

Hi class,

Today we took some notes on the indirect objects and direct objects that go with action verbs, and the predicate nominatives or predicate adjectives that go with linking verbs.  See the last post for the information on that.  There are screenshots on the notes on Edmodo.  We will finish exercise 5 in class tomorrow - all you had to do tonight was...

Homework: finish crossing off prepositional phrases from exercise 5... and watch the video about sentence diagramming below.  If you lost exercise 5, I put a copy up on Edmodo.

We're Baaaaack! Diagramming Review and Body Paragraphs

I hope you had a lovely vacation!  Today we reviewed some sentence diagrams.  We are really jumping right back into it, so time to buckle down!

Homework:

1. Type two body paragraphs for tomorrow.
2. Diagram one sentence for tomorrow.
3. Full, typed, MLA-formatted, rough draft with Works Cited is due Wednesday!
4. Sentence Diagram quiz is Friday.

Sentence Diagramming: What To Do with Prep. Phrases and Linking Verbs

So today we did more diagramming.  Below you will find an example of how to diagram a sentence that has a linking verb, and a sentence that has a prepositional phrase.

Sentence Diagramming: I.O.'s, D.O.'s, and "and's" and "or's"

Over the last few days, we have been diagramming sentences.  Below are the screen shots for the homework from Wednesday:

 

There's a few cool things going on here:

• notice how "and" and "or" join things in a triangle.
• notice how a direct object is set apart from the action verb by a line ascending from the base line.
• notice how an indirect object dangles off of the action verb.

Diagramming Simple Sentences

Today we are reviewing indirect and direct objects along with prepositional phrases (don't remember what those are? - Search your notes or this blog for them...search for the tag "grammar").

The next thing we are doing is learning how to diagram sentences!  Check out the Youtube video below: