DGP 9 - SENTENCE 3
Day 1:
Punctuation & Capitalization
SENTENCE - DAY 1
my friend alex plays tennis
Word Bank:
 Capital letter (2)
 Period (1)
COMPARE
Compare your answers to
your neighbor’s answers
to see if you punctuated
and capitalized the
sentence the same way.
CORRECT ANSWER - DAY 1
Capital Letter
My friend Alex plays tennis.
Period
DON’T WE NEED A COMMA?
 Alex
is an essential appositive and therefore
is not set off by commas.
.
WHAT IS AN APPOSITIVE?
 Appositive
– noun or a pronoun that
follows and renames another noun
or pronoun.

My friend Alex plays tennis. By including the
name, “Alex,” we learn which friend plays tennis.
 Note:
Appositives are set off with
commas only if the information
provided is nonessential.

We read The Pearl, a novella, in class.
REFLECTION
I learned no comma is
needed in this sentence
because…
DGP 9 - SENTENCE 3
Day 2:
Parts of Speech
PARTS OF SPEECH - DAY 2
My friend Alex plays tennis.
Word Bank:
 noun (3)
 pronoun (1) - type & case
 verb (1) - type & tense
COMPARE & DISCUSS
Compare your answers to your
neighbor’s answers to see if
you labeled the parts of
speech the same way.
PARTS OF SPEECH - DAY 2
1 poss
pron
n
N
av
pres
n
My friend Alex plays tennis.
EXTENSION
Rewrite this sentence
using an introductory
prepositional phrase.
*Remember, introductory phrases
are separated by commas! *
DGP 9 – SENTENCE 3
Day 3:
Sentence Parts & Phrases
SENTENCE PARTS & PHRASES - DAY 3
My friend Alex plays tennis.
Word Bank:
 subject
(1)
 appositive (1)
 direct object (1)
 verb (1) - transitive or intransitive
COMPARE & DISCUSS
Compare your answers to
your neighbor’s answers
to see if you identified the
sentence parts and
phrases the same.
SENTENCE PARTS & PHRASES - DAY 3
S
app
vt
do
My friend Alex plays tennis.
Complete Subject
Complete Predicate
A DIRECT OBJECT
Is
a noun or pronoun
Follows an action verb
Is never in a prepositional phrase
To find it, say “subject,” “verb,” “what?”
 Example:
I like English.
 “I” “like” “what?”– English is the
Direct Object
REFLECTION
I learned that a direct
object…
DGP 9 – SENTENCE 3
Day 4:
Clauses & Sentence Types
CLAUSES & SENTENCE TYPES - DAY 4
My friend Alex plays tennis.
Word Bank:
clause (1) - dependent or independent
 sentence type 
simple, compound, complex, compound-complex

sentence purpose –
declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory
COMPARE & DISCUSS
Compare your answers to
your neighbor’s answers to
see if you identified the
clause & sentence type the
same way.
CLAUSES & SENTENCE TYPES - DAY 4
[My friend Alex plays tennis.]
ind cl/ss/dec
REFLECTION
What type of sentence is
your Day 2 extension?
Label it in your notes.
DGP 9 – SENTENCE 3
Day 5:
Diagramming &/or Quiz
SENTENCE DIAGRAM - DAY 5
My friend Alex plays tennis.
Subj (app)
Verb
D.O.
COMPARE & DISCUSS
Compare your answers to
your neighbor’s answers to
see if you diagrammed the
sentence the same way.
SENTENCE DIAGRAM - DAY 5
My friend Alex plays tennis.
friend (Alex)
plays
tennis
REFLECTION
Answer the following question:
Why did the appositive and the
subject go on the same line?