Beginner Sentence Diagramming: Let's Learn the Parts of Speech!
Class experience
US Grade 4 - 7
Beginner Level
I must admit, I don't think I truly remembered what the parts of speech were or how to identify them until I took a Linguistics class as a freshman in college where I learned how to diagram sentences. When I learned diagramming, something finally clicked, and I understood many patterns and rules of the English language that I had never fully comprehended before. Fortunately, you don't have to be a college freshman before you learn sentence diagramming. Diagramming starts out very basic with...
Students will learn how to set up a sentence diagram and how to assign each word in a sentence a part of speech. We will cover the following: - nouns / subjects - verbs - helping verbs - adjectives - adverbs - articles / determiners - prepositions - prepositional, adverbial, and adjectival phrases - coordinating conjunctions - fixing run-on sentences - compound sentences - linking verbs - predicate adjectives and nominatives - direct objects - indirect objects
I am a licensed 5-12 English Teacher. I spent 4 years in a public school, and I taught sentence diagramming to many students.
Homework Offered
Students will not have much homework. I may assign a sentence or two for students to diagram between classes, but it should not take them more than 15-20 minutes to complete.0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Learners will be assessed through the sample sentences that we work through together. I will also assess with short quizzes periodically.Grades Offered
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Hello! My name is Shannon Johnsen, and I am a licensed English teacher for students in grades 5-12. I am passionate about teaching reading and writing skills. I even think grammar is FUN! I love to discuss literature, so I look forward to hearing...
Group Class
$20
weekly or $160 for 16 classes2x per week, 8 weeks
30 min
Completed by 74 learners
Live video meetings
Ages 9-14
3-10 learners per class