Reverse Diagramming

Reverse Diagramming is a sentence-building program that develops an understanding of the deep structures of language in an easy, effective manner.

The program is an adaptation of the traditional sentence diagramming used in many schools; however, sentence diagramming requires the recognition of language structures as opposed to their organization. In Reverse Diagramming, the student must organize the sentences according to visual models called sentence grids.

The student has to organize language in sentences to match the sentence grids, which display the sentence requirements visually. The sentences composed by the student must match the grid exactly with no variation allowed. The grids start with simple sentence structures and proceed through phrases and clauses to enable students to work with complex language.

The approach does not replace language instruction, but does build knowledge of grammar and syntax from a functional standpoint.

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