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An Exercise in Capitalization and Punctuation
Lesson 20 from New National First Reader

Note: Expect students to put some periods where these authors have exclamation points, and vice versa. What is exclaimed is a matter for the writer to decide. You may want to have the students discuss why they put the punctuation marks where they did. In this exercise, students will be marking the different complements ("PA," "PN," "IO," and "DO") as simply complements ("C").
    There are several constructions in this passage that will give students problems. Remind them that they are looking at a real little story, just as it appears in New National First Reader, and focus their attention on all the things that they have already gotten right.

     Here [#1], Rover [DirA], here [#1] ! That is my hat (PN)! | *You*

Do not run off  [#2] {with it}! |

     You are a bad dog (PN) to run off [#3] {with my hat}. | I 

will not have you (DO) {with me}. | You are not a good dog (PN). |

     You bad dog! [#4] Why did you go off {with my hat}? |

Notes
1. I'm considering this as an interjection, but it could also be viewed as an adverb in a separate sentence--"*You come here." (The writers of grammar textbooks rarely consider real sentences.)
2. In will be interesting to see how many students include "off" as part of the verb. Expect some to do so, and some not. This problem is addressed in KISS Level 2.1.5 - Phrasal Verbs 
(Preposition? Adverb? Or Part of the Verb?). Note that "off" here means "away."
3. "To run off" is a verbal (infinitive) phrase that functions as an adverb. Some students will probably underline it twice, but tell them not to worry about that. They will learn the different when they get to KISS Level 2.1.6 - Distinguishing Finite Verbs from Verbals.
4. "You bad dog!" can be considered a phrase that functions as an interjection, but it can also be viewed as a sentence by itself--"You *are* a bad dog!"