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Lesson Plan

Dissecting Sentences

Constructing sentences is both an art and a science. Help your young learners improve their understanding of sentence structure through this lesson on articles and sentence diagramming.
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Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify and correctly use articles.
  • Students will be able to diagram a simple sentence.

Introduction

(10 minutes)
  • Conduct an image search on the Internet using the term "diagram." Project the results for the class to see.
  • Ask students to study the examples and consider how they would define the word "diagram."
  • Review that a diagram is a simplified drawing that shows the structure or workings of something. Point out that there are usually labels and lines and that information is organized in strategic ways.