Diagram Sentences
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| "I've discovered that students LOVE to compete at sentence diagramming - even if they are not very good at it." - Frank, Middle School English Teacher |
That is a quote from Frank Antonson, a teacher who has turned sentence diagramming into a classroom sport.
Frank runs a student club called The Competitive Sentence Diagramming Club.
He says that the students were eager to form the club.
"The students realized that it was a potential source of fun, and kids like to have fun."
Frank even has a YouTube channel showing his students diagramming sentences.
You can see through their homemade Competitive Sentence Diagramming Club shirts, their giggles of excitement, and their eagerness to get up to the blackboard that these students are not exactly being forced to learn grammar.
If you diagram sentences with your students, you'll find that it is far from the drudgery so often associated with it.
Don't believe me? Just watch one of their videos!
How Do You Do It?
There are many ways that you can include sentence diagramming in your classroom.
- Use sentence diagramming exercises as part of your grammar instruction.
- Diagram famous quotes.
- Diagram student sentences.
- Start your own version of The Competitive Sentence Diagramming Club.
Have one student act as the referee. You can act as the judge and score the students on the accuracy of their diagrams, neatness, and time.
Sentence Diagramming Exercises
Get started with these sentence diagramming exercises!
Download the 70 page PDF ebook with ten chapters of instructions, exercises, and answer keys. It's perfect for homeschool and classroom teachers and students.
| Elizabeth, I have a class of fifth graders that just can't get enough of sentence diagramming! Thanks for the resource. - Jennifer, 5th Grade Teacher |
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