Diagramming - Part II

The next step is to diagram the action word, called verb. The verb is the action word in a sentence. The verb is the word that does the action, hits.

                           
                         
Our school used a Diagramming Sequence Grade Guide. This guide breaks up diagramming only to the parts of speech taught in each grade level. Instead of teaching complex diagramming all at once in the upper grades, we taught only the parts of speech designated per grade level as background knowledge for the difficult grammar covered in our junior high. Our students did very well with this sequence. We also used Diagramming Sentences by Deborah White Broadwater. 

1. Diagramming Sequence Grade Guide 

2. Diagramming Sentences by Deborah White Broadwater.
 
 

Diagramming - Part I

Diagramming is a great way to learn sentence structure. It is especially helpful for visual children to see the relationship of words with one another in the sentence.

Diagramming shows the use of vocabulary according to its part of speech. Knowing a word’s part of speech clarifies the meaning the word.

One method of teaching diagramming would be to teach a particular part of speech when it is learned in each grade level. For example, first graders can learn nouns and pronouns, verbs and adjectives.

As they learn nouns and pronouns, a diagram gives the noun/pronoun a definite place on the line. The place on the line, tells the child that a noun or pronoun is a person, place or thing. It is a concrete object that does the action.