1. DGP
Week of March 29, 2010

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. DIAGRAM