1. On the front porch, she grabbed my wrist; I almost jumped out of my skin. Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian (2009) Invitation to Notice: What do you see with your reader’s eyes? What do you see with your writer’s eyes?

2. Parts of Speech Nouns= 4 Gerund= 0 Pronouns= 4 Participle= 0 Verbs= 2 Infinitive= 0 Prepositions= 2 Article= 1 Adjectives= 1 Adverbs= 2 Conjunction= 0

3. Nom pron art Posspron Cn, sg, op Av, past adj Prep On the front porch, she grabbed my wrist; I almost jumped out of my skin. Cn, sg adv adv prep Posspron Cn, sg, op Av, past Nom pron Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian (2009) Wednesday Directions: Research in the pink pages and find the part of speech for each word in the sentence.

4. Parts of the Sentence Subject = 2 Predicate = 2 Simple Subject = 2 Simple Predicate = 2 Complements (DO, IO, predicate nominative, predicate adjective) = 3 Appositive = 0 Objects (of prep, infinitive, gerund) = 2 Phrases (prep, gerund, participle, infinitive) = 2

5. Transitive verb Object of prep ss sp (On the front porch), she grabbed my wrist; I almost jumped out (of my skin). ss OP sp Direct object Intransitive verb Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian (2009) Thursday Directions: Research in the pink pages and identify the parts of a sentence.

6. Clauses, Sentence Type/Purpose Clauses (independent or dependent?) Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex) Sentence Purpose (Declarative, Imperative, Exclamatory, Interrogative)

7. IC On the front porch, <she grabbed my wrist>; <I almost jumped out of my skin>. IC Declarative Compound Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian (2009) Friday Directions: Research and identify the clauses and sentence purpose/type

8. On the edge of the pool, she shoved me over; I screamed loudly at the shock. Mrs. Garrison, 2010 Your turn! Imitate the sentence we’ve been working with all week.