wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I am just curious because my now 7th grader fought me tooth and nail because she just DREADED it! My now 3rd grader is learning how to diagram sentences in R&S 3 and she just LOVES it! After talking to people I am finding that more do like it than doing (around here anyways) so I am just wondering if that is the norm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My daughter loves it. She's finishing up R&S English 5. It is her favorite part of english. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Mine likes it, but I've always thought it's because we use a whiteboard! Everything is more fun on a whiteboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I can still remember the day I learned sentence diagramming in school. Up to that point I struggled in grammar. Then I was introduced to diagramming, and a light switched on for me, and I began to enjoy grammar. I am not sure what it was, but everything was so much more interesting when I was diagramming. My kids love it too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyWifeandMommy Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 my 10yo dd loves to diagramm too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My kids enjoy diagramming. :) We use a whiteboard for the most part, but they'll gladly do it on paper too. Parsing on the other hand will make them cringe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siloam Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Tolerate it would be the word. They don't love it or hate it. They do it because I give them no choice. :D Given a choice they wouldn't. Course I don't have those naturally loving to do school type of kids. Mine would choose Nintendo DS first any day. Thus that pretty much is true of all of their hs. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly in the Country Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My dd tells me she likes to diagram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam101 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I can still remember the day I learned sentence diagramming in school. Up to that point I struggled in grammar. Then I was introduced to diagramming, and a light switched on for me, and I began to enjoy grammar. I am not sure what it was, but everything was so much more interesting when I was diagramming. My kids love it too! :iagree: Diagramming just made sense to me! My son will start it this year. I hope he likes it. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My dd#2 discovered diagramming when we did R&S 5 (the first level we did), and, to be honest, so did I. I was never taught to diagram and I know I would have loved it - so satisfying to have every word playing its specific role. My dd likes it. My oldest dd has never diagrammed an English sentence but her Latin studies required her to do essentially the same thing, and she says this is how she learned English grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie in Oh Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My oldest especially likes it. He thinks it is cool that he knows how to and his friends in public school have no clue. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Dd9 enjoys diagramming the MCT way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melora in NC Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Course I don't have those naturally loving to do school type of kids. Mine would choose Nintendo DS first any day. Thus that pretty much is true of all of their hs. Heather My kids would also pick video games over most of their schoolwork. But they Love diagramming sentences on the whiteboard (I'm sure I would have a rebellion if I asked them to do the sentences on paper, as that would completely ruin the "show-off" aspect of the thing.) They ask me to take pictures of them with their best sentences! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My son told me last year that diagramming was fun. :001_huh: This is the same child that will try to negotiate out of every.other.subject. Diagramming is a pattern and he likes patterns, he sees them in everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue in WI Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My oldest also really likes to diagram sentences. He would actually be disappointed when a grammar lesson didn't include diagramming.:lol: This coming from a boy who drags his feet on anything resembling math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie in CA Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Yes, both my boys like it. They prefer doing grammar that way. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennismomkelly Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 DS loved it when we started diagramming last year. It was hands-down his favorite part of LA (other than reading). We're switching to MCT this year so I'm a *little* worried that he won't enjoy the sentence analysis quite as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Mine, both boys, don't mind diagramming. OF course they like it better if I'm doing the writing and they are telling me where things go. They are also just fine w/ MCT analysis as well and there they are fine w/ doing all of their own writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda S in TX Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My children love to diagram sentences. We used The Sentence Family and now are using Daly's books for more sentences. 7ds learned to diagram before he could read. Blessings, Melinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 WOW that's a lot of diagrammers! What texts/resources do you all use for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted August 3, 2010 Author Share Posted August 3, 2010 My oldest especially likes it. He thinks it is cool that he knows how to and his friends in public school have no clue. :lol: :D That always helps things I think LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Mine enjoy diagramming! It is like a puzzle for them. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam B Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I think it has to do with whether the child understands it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My ds has math and language LDs that can make many things a real struggle for him. He LOVES diagramming sentences and excels at it. It's so nice for him to have *something* that comes easy to him :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My older two really like it and do it competitively on the white board (maybe the Olympics will pick it up as a sport). Not sure why schools dropped it as they enjoy it so much. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Yes, my son likes it. We are using Rod & Staff and it's getting harder, so I don't know how long he will continue to enjoy it!! It was alot easier with First Language Lessons and I'm really glad we used that before starting R&S. He liked that the skeleton was already drawn out for him and that the lessons gave him the exact steps to follow. R&S doesn't lay the steps out so well and even I am beginning to forget the pattern that we learned with FLL. I keep meaning to make him a cheat sheet but I haven't done it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Dd15 loves, loves, loves diagramming! She learned at a private school that used Voyages in English (2006 secular edition). The 7th and 8th grade English teacher there is PASSIONATE about grammar! She was shocked last year that other freshman didn't know how to diagram sentences :) DD17, same teacher, same background, put up with diagramming. When he started Latin freshman year, he realized just how much grammar he did know :) Dd10, the beginning homeschooler, will hopefully follow in their footsteps. I've got ViE (6) ready and waiting for her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMDRAD Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I plan to do diagramming with my kids when we get to that stage. I loved doing it when I was in school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Ds14 was okay with it. He didn't care one way or the other. Dd12 has always loved it, asking for more than was assigned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GESTEP Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 It is total misery to both of my dd's. We even do it on a white board and they are only doing simple subject, simple predicate and direct objects. They are however thrilled when their R&S lesson does not include any diagramming for the day. Maybe I should find something worse than diagramming so maybe they would like it more. :lol: Gina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted August 4, 2010 Author Share Posted August 4, 2010 Gina- My 7th grade dd feels the same way! I like your idea though, find something she dislikes even more :lol: Well, like I said, my 3rd grader likes it and I am so glad! I am going to have my 7th grader read about all the kids that like to diagram sentences and see what her reaction is LOL :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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