You can also do Structured Word Inquiry (like in this May 2023 blog post, The < Blood > Family) or Grammar.
As we read each chapter I'm keeping my eyes out for sentences that would be good to symbolize, and then I will give them to my oldest student for her Grammar assignments. If you like the idea of Literature for Grammar but don't want to have to hunt down your own sentences, try the packets from Mandala Classroom Resources.
an unsymbolized sentence
the same sentence, symbolized
Here are the Nine Basic Montessori Grammar Symbols. See also my March 2017 blog post, Teaching Prepositions Through Movement and Art.
In the Waldorf scope & sequence, I use the Montessori Lower Elementary symbols in grade 3, Sentence Analysis in grade 4, and the Montessori Upper Elementary symbols in grade 5 (four noun symbols, eight verb symbols).
So here are my sentences for each chapter! I'll also add notes for the parts of speech that sometimes trip children up.
Grammar Symbols
Chapter 1 - Before Breakfast
- Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table.
The children ran out to the road and climbed into the bus.
("out" = adverb)
Chapter 2 - Wilbur
- Wilbur was poking the straw with his snout.
It was soon arranged.
("soon" = adverb)
Chapter 3 - Escape
- It smelled of the perspiration of tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows.
Here she sat quietly during the long afternoons, thinking and listening and watching Wilbur.
("here" = adverb, "during" = preposition)
Chapter 4 - Loneliness
- Wilbur did not budge.
("not" = adverb)
The tunnel was an example of his skill and cunning.
("cunning" = noun)
Chapter 5 - Charlotte
- Through a small window, a faint gloom appeared.
"I just naturally build a web and trap flies and other insects."
("just" = adverb)
Chapter 6 - Summer Days
- Early summer days are a jubilee time for birds.
And on the under side of the leaf of the potato vine are the bright orange eggs of the potato bug.
("under" = adjective)
Chapter 7 - Bad News
- Her campaign against insects seemed sensible and useful.
("against" = preposition, "sensible" & "useful" = adjective)
Turn you into smoked bacon and ham.
("turn" = verb)
Chapter 8 - A Talk at Home
- "Oh, everybody in the barn cellar."
("oh" = interjection, "everybody" = pronoun)
"I've sometimes wondered."
("sometimes" = adverb)
Chapter 9 - Wilbur's Boast
- "Ooomp!" he grunted.
He crept down into his hole, pushed the goose egg out of the way, and returned with an old piece of dirty white string.
("down" = adverb, "out" = adverb)
Chapter 10 - An Explosion
- The frog jumped and landed in Mrs. Zuckerman's dishpan full of soapy water.
("Mrs. Zuckerman's" = adjective, "full" = adjective)
And Lurvy dragged Wilbur's trough across the yard and kicked some dirt into the rat's nest, burying the broken egg and all Templeton's other possessions.
("some" = adjective, "all" = adjective)
Chapter 11 - The Miracle
- On foggy mornings, Charlotte's web was truly a thing of beauty.
("thing" = noun)
She looked pale and frightened.
("pale" & "frightened" = adjective)
Chapter 12 - A Meeting
- "Wilbur's food is your food; therefore Wilbur's destiny and your destiny are closely linked."
("therefore" = conjunctive adverb)
"I'll bring back a magazine clipping if I can find one."
("bring back" = phrasal verb, "if" = conjunction, "one" = pronoun)
Chapter 13 - Good Progress
- "Run around," commanded Charlotte.
"Do you?" said Charlotte, looking at him with affection.
("at" = preposition)
Chapter 14 - Dr. Dorian
- Fern stood at the kitchen sink drying the dishes as her mother washed them.
("stood" & "drying" = consecutive verbs, "as" = conjunction)
She stands on her head, lets out a lot of line, and is carried aloft on the wind.
("lets out" = phrasal verb, "lot" = pronoun, "aloft" = adverb)
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