La Condessa Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Here's my question: Why do sentence diagramming with an elementary student, and why the method in FLL? I did not learn English grammar at all in public school. As a linguistics major in college I learned sentence diagramming, but with a different method than that used in FLL. (And, at least to me, the method I learned seems easier to understand than the FLL way.) So I'm wondering what purpose it is supposed to serve for young children. I've also toyed with the idea of using FLL but replacing their system of sentence diagramming with the one I learned, but I'm wondering if that's just making unnecessary work for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Can you point to a website illustrating the way you do sentence diagramming? We've done the method in Growing with Grammar. Capt_Uhura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmomma Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 If you have another method that works, then do that. But sentence diagramming is important. Some people learn to understand grammar better in a visually organized way. I learned diagramming in college and felt like I missed out on a lot without knowing it. It really does help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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