Class today: October 3rd

1. For Tuesday, you need to take notes on the following links on Introductions and Conclusions. I will be going over how to write these specialized paragraphs.  Make sure that you pay attention to the strategies for effective ______, and what to avoid. Get these in your notes!

Writing Introductions
Writing Conclusions

2.  When you are done, please review 1-12 on the different sentence diagrams. Make sure that you pay attention to the slight differences. You will also notice that #12 is adding in the indirect object. Please also do 29-31- The prepositional phrases. Have these techniques in your sentence diagramming notes.
Sentence Diagramming Basics

Practice the following sentences in your notes. Mark the part of the sentence for each: 

     1. She slammed the door. 

     2. The author wrote a long book. 

     3. My mom told me a long story about my family. 

     4. We gave the lady a ride home. 

     5. A happy dog ran down the street. 

     6.  The children climbed up the stairs.