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Da Flip-Flop


Use Prepositional and Adverbial Phrases to do Da Flip-Flop
(music and drum roll please)

Da Flip-Flop is a tool to give your writing better sentence fluency.
Enjoy learning how not to start every sentence with the pronoun "I."


1. Write a boring sentence.
I saw Jun Min.
2. Add a prepositional phrase.

I saw Jun Min in the pool.


3. Add adjectives and/or adverbs.
I saw ten year old Jun Min
wildly flapping his arms in the pool.


Now do Da Flip-Flop with your prepositional or adverbial phrase,
remembering to add a comma at the end of the phrase.

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE FLIP-FLOP



In the pool, I saw ten year old Jun Min wildly flapping his arms .


ADVERBIAL PHRASE FLIP-FLOP

Wildly flapping his arms in the pool,
I saw ten year old Jun Min .







Mr. K:
  1. Mr. Kimzey picked his nose. (gross, but boring)
  2. Mr. Kimzey picked his nose standing on topof his desk.( "on top" AND " of his desk" are both prepositional phrases)
  3. Standing on top of his desk, Mr. Kimzey picked his nose and flung the booger across the room into the trashcan. The class chimed in unison, "Two Points! You GO, Mr. K!" The crowd roared. (Disgusting! Now I really feel sorry for his students.)


Now You Try It

RossR:
1. I saw Mr. Kimzey.
2. I saw Mr. Kimzey on the beach.
3. On the hot beach, I saw Mr. Kimzey wearing a frilly pink and purple snow suit.

ShivL
1. I heard cows.
2. I heard shrieking cows aboard the tiny ship.
3. Aboard the tiny ship, I heard shrieking cows.

StuartB
  1. I saw Mr. Kimzey.
  2. I saw Mr. Kimzey driving in a car.
  3. In a car, I saw Mr. Kimzey picking his nose while driving on the wrong side of the street!

Meg.S
1. I saw Stuart.
2. I saw Stuart on a scooter.
3. Outside my window, I saw Stuart on a motorized scooter, and he was headed for the lamp post.

KatieM
1. I saw Katie.
2. I saw Katie on the field.
3. On the field, I saw Katie kick the ball into the goal.

KatieQ
1. Onto the cow.
2. Mr. Kimzey went onto the cow.
3. Onto the big fat, shrieking cow, Mr. Kimzey went rapidly.

JunMinA
1. I saw Stuart with Mr. Kimzey.
2. When I went to the classroom I saw Mr. Kimzey with Stuart.
3. When I went to the classroom, I saw smiling Stuart facing the wrath of a strong Mr. Kimzey stare.
RossR
1. I saw Katie Q.
2. I saw Katie Q aboard the boat.
3. Aboard the gigantic boat, I saw nervous Katie Q.

SamanthaD
1.I saw Linda.
2.I saw Linda in the Library.
3.In the dim Library, I saw Linda quietly reading.

YonJooK
1. I met Meg.
2. I met Meg about two years ago.
3. About two years ago, I met Meg.

NikitaM
1. I saw YonJoo.
2. I saw YonJoo amid the chaos.
3. Amid the chaos, I saw YonJoo wildly flinging her arms in the air yelling, "I love picking my nose!"

TeaguenS
  1. I saw Aaron.
  2. I saw Aaron on a bike.
  3. On a small bike, I saw Aaron wearing an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini.

WilsonL
  1. I saw Aaron.
  2. I saw Aaron in a battle riding a dog.
  3. In a battle, I saw Aaron riding a dog yelling, "This is better than riding a horse!"

AlexS
1. I saw Meg.
2. I saw a 10 year old Meg up on the shelf.
3. Up on the shelf, I saw Meg barking like a dog to all who came near.

Meg.S
1. I saw Alex.
2. In the desert, I saw Alex on a camel!
3. In the desert, I glanced up to see Alex on a camel, desperately looking for water!

SophiaE
1. I saw Mr. Kimzey.
2. I saw Mr. Kimzey in the dance room.
3. In the dance room, I saw Mr. Kimzey dancing the ballet and picking his nose.

AustinH
1. I saw a chicken.
2. I saw a chicken in the barn.
3. In the barn I saw a, chicken going around laying eggs.

AaronL
  1. I saw Shiv.
  2. I saw Shiv on the road.
  3. I saw tall and handsome Shiv happily running on the four lane paved road.
  4. On the four lane paved road, I saw tall and handsome Shiv happily running.

ShivL
1. I saw Mr. Kimzey.
2. I saw Mr. Kimzey on top of the hill.
3. On top of the hill, I saw scared Mr. Kimzey sucking his thumb.

StevenL
1. I heard a ghost screaming.
2. I heard a ghost screaming in the attic.
3. In the attic, I heard a ghost screaming like a little girl.

ClaudiaL
1. I saw Mr. Kimzey.
2. I saw Mr. Kimzey in the girl's bathroom.
3. I saw crazy Mr. Kimzey drinking out of the toilet bowl in the girl's bathroom.
4. In the girl's bathroom, I saw crazy Mr.Kimzey drinking out of the toilet bowl.
JuliaV
1. I saw Linda
2. I saw Linda outside the boy's bathroom
3. I saw 20 year old Linda wildly knocking on the boy's bathroom door.
4. Wildly knocking on the fifth grade boy's bathroom door, I saw Linda.

WilsonL
1. Steven is jumping down from a building.
2. Steven is jumping down from a very high building.
3. From a very high building, Steven is jumping off it and yelling, "Weeeeeee!"























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