an unsymbolized sentence
the same sentence, symbolized
Here are the Nine Basic Montessori Grammar Symbols.
I'd like to use sentences from our lunchtime read aloud story, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but I also need sentence constructions that aren't too difficult. Today I had a great idea!
When I was a child someone gave me The Wonderful Wizard of Oz coloring book (copyright 1974, still available today but with a new front cover). Of course, the storyline for this was simplified a bit (sorry, Queen of the Mice) and the text greatly abridged. Perfect for finding sentences to symbolize.
Here are my notes as to the sentences we will use and their parts of speech:
noun family + verb
p.10 - The little woman laughed.
p.3 - Aunt Em dropped her work.
p.2 - Aunt Em was washing the dishes.
p.37 - "Destroy them!"
p.50 - "Is it a kind heart?"
+ preposition
p.25 - The next morning they came to a field of beautiful flowers.
+ conjunction
p.2 - The sun and wind had taken the sparkle from her eyes and left them a sober gray.
p.3 - From the far north they heard a low wail of the wind, and the long grass bowed in waves before the coming storm.
p.47 - His only fear was of the Wicked Witches, and hearing Dorothy had killed the Witch of the East, he thought she could kill the Witch of the West.
+ adverb
p.2 - Uncle Henry sat upon the doorstep and looked anxiously at the sky.
p.38 - The Witch had always wanted those powerful shoes for herself.
p.43 - But the Tin Woodman was badly dented from his struggles against the Winged Monkeys, and the Scarecrow had lost much straw.
p.26 - Carefully they picked up Toto and put him in Dorothy's lap.
p.17 - His head and arms were jointed to his body, but he stood perfectly motionless.
("perfectly" is an adverb and it is modifying the adjective "motionless")
p.56 - Incredibly beautiful, her dress pure white, she leaned down toward Dorothy and looked at her with her kindly blue eyes.
("pure is an adjective" and it is modifying the noun "white"... like if it said "her dress pure fashion" or "her dress pure loveliness")
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