Sentence Diagramming Level 1 - Breakdown and Learn The Underlying Structure of Sentences (Grades 5-12+)

This series of 3 books on diagramming sentences is amazing! I am blown away by the analysis and planning that must have gone into these books. Each section introduces one new aspect of grammar and the sequence of sections is ideal. On top of that, there is very little text-based explanation or instruction needed - the concepts are beautifully illustrated by a handful of diagrams of example sentences. Those sentences were selected to cover the scope of the concept being addressed. How many different ways might this particular grammatical concept be expressed? Finally, the books are full of great exercises for your students. I highly recommend this series to anyone interested in sentence diagramming!

I used the beginner book in this series with my kids last semester and decided to use it again as review this semester. Well, my kids insisted on getting the next book, which is this one, instead. They love these books SO MUCH! They actually look forward to the diagramming activities in these books. You will need to know how to diagram, as this is more of a workbook and not a teaching book. Each week the book shows a new sentences pattern and the proper diagram for it. You then do 4 different activities with that particular sentence pattern. On day one, you correct incorrect diagrams. Day two, you are given and sentence with the corresponding blank diagram, which you fill in. Day 3, you create and write a sentences to match the given diagrams. The last day, day 4, you diagram a given sentences. There are 3 to 4 sentences to work on daily. This pattern repeats for 12 weeks using a different sentence pattern.

I looked all over for a decent book on diagramming like this one. These are SO easy to use, and so well written, presenting material in small batches with lots of chances for practice and creativity. I highly recommend for Middle school Homeschooling.

Diagramming is great for your brain! I am excited to use these books ( I purchased all 3 levels) but this particular workbook arrived timely but with sticky stuff on the front cover.

After over 25 yrs of homeschooling and trudging through grammar books, curriculum after curriculum, trying to find something to help clarify exactly what is what....I have found it. Many AHA! moments. Visually seeing the parts of speech and how they fit in the sentence is what diagramming is all about and these workbooks do this in a very straight forward way. Each lesson builds on the next so there is constant review, but not with an extensive amount of work. 3-5 problems on a page with work ranging from fix the diagram, fill the diagram, make your own sentence to fit the diagram skeleton, to diagraming given sentences. Even though the Beginning book says grade 3 to 12, I would not use it till at least middle school. My daughter is in 8th and we are doing all 3 this year....yes, the first book was easy but created base to build on when more complex grammar was introduced. I put these Diagramming workbooks on my list of best homeschooling curriculum.