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FSogol

(45,481 posts) Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:14 AM Sep 2012

Went to my 25th Back-to-school night last night and heard something I haven't come across before. [View all]

The English teacher uses "Sentence Writing Strategy" to improve writing. I think they mentioned KU. Any opinions on this? What exactly does it involve? Thanks.

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Went to my 25th Back-to-school night last night and heard something I haven't come across before. [View all] FSogol Sep 2012 OP

Don't know it, but I think they should bring back diagramming elfin Sep 2012 #1

I remember in Honors English back in 10th grade, we had to diagram a couple of... WCGreen Sep 2012 #2

Ivanhoe.... AnneD Sep 2012 #16

I would have thought Faulkner’s "Absalom, Absalom!" struggle4progress Sep 2012 #17

I thought it was Finnigan's Wake Goblinmonger Sep 2012 #19

Guinness's world records lists it AnneD Sep 2012 #22

I've read Ulysses several times. Goblinmonger Sep 2012 #23

Good on ya mate.... AnneD Sep 2012 #24

i think it's molly bloom's soliloquy which ends 'yes i said yes i will yes' HiPointDem Sep 2012 #25

Does help, but maybe only 20+ years later, elleng Sep 2012 #3

+1. Simple, elegant , effective. Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #4

Personally, I think that sentence diagramming SheilaT Sep 2012 #5

Research hasn't proved diagramming effective. proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 #8

Well, gosh. SheilaT Sep 2012 #11

I have no idea. proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 #14

When I got my B.S. back in 1988 Goblinmonger Sep 2012 #20

Hmmm...... Yeah. Well. Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #12

NCLB & RTTT = research driven too. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #18

Others have mentioned diagramming; are there studies showing effectiveness? BadgerKid Sep 2012 #6

No. That's why it's not taught anymore. proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 #9

Foreign language teachers will complain SheilaT Sep 2012 #15

As an English and Spanish teacher, I concur. knitter4democracy Sep 2012 #21

I went to KU proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 #7

Thanks, I'll have to email the teacher and ask for an explanation. n/t FSogol Sep 2012 #10

here proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 #13

seems to be quite a bit of material on the internet. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #26