Here are the steps to find a direct object:
        1. Find the subject.
        2. Find the verb. 
        3. Say the subject and verb aloud, and then ask "what?"
        4. The answer will be your direct object.
                      S     V        DO
Example:   Sherry ate a cookie.        Sherry ate what? a cookie! 

Here are the steps to find an indirect object:
        1.  Follow all the steps above to find the direct object.
        2.  Say the subject, verb, and direct object aloud.
        3. Ask "To whom?" or "for whom?". 
                        S        V            IO      DO
Example:      Sherry baked the class cookies.      Sherry baked cookies for whom?   the class!

Remember there is a pattern:    S    V    IO     DO